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One interesting facet of the Shadowrun style (count each die separately)
is that it accurately models McLaurian Series's from by basic Statistics
class.  More so, if it's roll each die, and if it is the highest number
possible (a 6 on a d6, an 8 on a d8, etc) then roll one more die, then
it models McLaurin Sums (or somesuch, where the expression is:

      1   2   3   4   5               (infi)    n
     1   1   1   1   1                 ____  1
     - + - + - + - + - .... etc        \     -
     x   x   x   x   x                 /___  x
                                       n = 1

It's rather easy to calculate: it all sums to 1/(1 - (1/x)) or 1/(x-1).
This is precluding any special mechanic, such as 1's negating successes
or what not.  The name of such trial is Bernoulli trials, I believe.

Just wanted to add that bit, and to say that it's not really a kludge,
seeing as it has as many (if not more) colorful names (though I in my
sleep-dreprived state take no responsibility should I mistake one for
another name) as percentile or bell-curve systems.

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