Obviously, the minimum result of any roll (except 1d4-2) is a 1, and the maximum result is an arbitrarily large number. However, what's the average result of any die roll?
Consider a 1d6 roll, the most common roll in Savage Worlds.
Let x be the average result, which we seek.
We're re-using x on the right, since the average roll being added to 6 in the best case is, itself, the average case of a new die roll. Thus, we can use basic algebra to solve for x:
In this specific case, the result is x = 21/5 = 4.2. However, I've left the sum to reveal the generalized form. For a die of size k, the average result is
While I don't think that this is new knowledge, I also suspect that tables are commonly referenced, so I thought that I'd put this generalized form out there.
EDIT: I had a botched example result; I was thinking of the d8 case.
EDIT: I discovered that the fancy math stuff is rendering weirdly on Blogger. I'll fix it later; for now, you can click on it if it's illegible: The page where you land will have it (correctly) in about the middle.
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