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Old 11-24-2011, 12:55 PM   #10
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Default Re: The bell-curve for Luck

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Originally Posted by Bruno View Post
What it does, along with shifting the peak, is exaggerate the strength of the bellcurve around the peak. The clustering around that point is much more pronounced.

Or to put it another way, on a standard 3d6 roll, 9-11 come up ~36% of the time, but on a 3d6-luck roll, 7-9 come up ~50% of the time.

I'll make a chart, it's kind of cool in a dorky sort of way.

Done:

https://secure.flickr.com/photos/jerril/6396036681
Interesting. Seeing it graphed really adds to an intuitive appreciation for how the effect works out.

It seems like 6 is an interesting break point too. 6 and below have their frequency approximately tripled.
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