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4d6 drop lowest: rolling ability scores

The most famous use of four dice comes from fantasy role-playing: to create a character, roll four dice, ignore the lowest one and add the other three. Do it six times, once for each ability. The fifth edition rules give this as the standard way to roll scores, next to a fixed array (15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8) and a point-buy option.

Dropping a die pushes the results up. Plain 3d6 averages 10.5; 4d6 drop lowest averages a little over 12. Scores of 3 become very rare, and 18s show up more often: 21 times in 1,296, about 1.6% of rolls. The second table below gives the exact chance of every score.

How to roll a full set here

Roll once, mentally drop the lowest die and write down the sum of the other three.
Repeat six times. The history keeps your recent totals, but write each score down, since the history shows the total of all four dice.
Table rule check: some groups allow a reroll if no score reaches 13, or if the total of all modifiers is too low. Agree before rolling.

Other 4d6 rolls

A straight 4d6 roll, with no die dropped, comes up for damage: guiding bolt deals 4d6 radiant damage, and sneak attack reaches 4d6 at seventh level. For those, just read the total. To make 3d6 or 5d6 instead, tap “4 dice” in the sentence.

Exact odds for 4d6

1,296 equally likely combinations, counted one by one. Average total: 14.

Total	Ways (of 1,296)	Chance	This or more
4	1	0.077%	100%
5	4	0.31%	99.9%
6	10	0.77%	99.6%
7	20	1.5%	98.8%
8	35	2.7%	97.3%
9	56	4.3%	94.6%
10	80	6.2%	90.3%
11	104	8%	84.1%
12	125	9.6%	76.1%
13	140	10.8%	66.4%
14	146	11.3%	55.6%
15	140	10.8%	44.4%
16	125	9.6%	33.6%
17	104	8%	23.9%
18	80	6.2%	15.9%
19	56	4.3%	9.7%
20	35	2.7%	5.4%
21	20	1.5%	2.7%
22	10	0.77%	1.2%
23	4	0.31%	0.39%
24	1	0.077%	0.077%

4d6, drop the lowest die

Roll 4 dice and add the 3 highest, the usual way to roll ability scores in role-playing games. Average: 12.24.

Total	Ways (of 1,296)	Chance	This or more
3	1	0.077%	100%
4	4	0.31%	99.9%
5	10	0.77%	99.6%
6	21	1.6%	98.8%
7	38	2.9%	97.2%
8	62	4.8%	94.3%
9	91	7%	89.5%
10	122	9.4%	82.5%
11	148	11.4%	73.1%
12	167	12.9%	61.7%
13	172	13.3%	48.8%
14	160	12.3%	35.5%
15	131	10.1%	23.1%
16	94	7.3%	13%
17	54	4.2%	5.8%
18	21	1.6%	1.6%

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Questions

What is 4d6 drop lowest?

Roll four six-sided dice, remove the lowest one and add the remaining three. The result goes from 3 to 18 and averages about 12.24.

What are the odds of rolling an 18 with 4d6 drop lowest?

21 in 1,296, about 1.6%. You need at least three sixes among the four dice.

What is the average of 4d6 without dropping a die?

14, four times the 3.5 average of a single die.

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