Boundless

Understanding the Dice

Since this game uses dice pools for most rules, it can be hard to predict the odds of rolling 1 hit, or 0 hits. You do not need to understand these odds to play, but here is a table that outlines the result distribution if you are curious about the math behind the game.

Dice Result Distribution

Checks and Rolls

For these probabilities, a “Hit” is a result of 5 or 6 on a d6 for a standard roll.

Dice0 Hits %1+ Hits %
1d667%33%
2d644%56%
3d630%70%
4d620%80%
5d613%87%
6d69%91%

Checks with Higher Difficulty

If you want to know the odds of rolling at least 2 hits or at least 3 hits used for higher difficulty Checks, here are the distributions:

Dice0-1 Hits %2+ Hits %
1d6100%0%
2d689%11%
3d674%26%
4d659%41%
5d646%54%
6d635%65%
Dice0-2 Hits %3+ Hits %
1d6100%0%
2d6100%0%
3d696%4%
4d689%11%
5d679%21%
6d668%32%