D6 Roller

This d6 roller is a free online dice roller for a 6-sided die. It rolls a d6 and gives you one number from 1 to 6, and every face has the same 1 in 6 chance (16.67%). You can roll up to 20 d6 at once, add or subtract a modifier, and roll with advantage or disadvantage. Every die is shown, so you can see which ones were kept, and a table under the result gives the exact odds for the roll you set. A seed or a copied link lets you repeat any roll.

It runs in your browser, so nothing you roll is uploaded. For other dice, use the dice roller or the other single-die pages linked below.

How to use the d6 roller

1. Choose a Roll mode. Normal rolls the dice once. Advantage (keep higher) rolls the whole set twice and keeps the higher sum. Disadvantage (keep lower) keeps the lower sum.
2. Set the Number of d6 with the stepper, from 1 to 20. One die gives a single roll; two dice give 2d6, and so on.
3. Optional: set the Modifier, from −50 to +50, to add a bonus or a penalty to the total, such as the +3 of a damage roll.
4. Press Roll again, or change any setting, and the dice roll. A single roll shows a large number with the die beside it. Several dice show every face; with advantage or disadvantage both sets are shown and the dropped one is dimmed.
5. Read the Odds panel beside the result. It lists the average, the range, the most likely total and the chance of reaching a target you type in, with a bar for every total.

Recent rolls keeps your last ten results from this visit. Copy link saves your settings and seed in the page address, so a friend can open the same roll.

The stepper and the modifier work together, so a damage roll such as 2d6 + 3 is one setting. Change the numbers as often as you like: each change rolls again and the odds panel updates straight away.

How do you read a d6?

A d6 is an ordinary cube. Read the number on the top face. Standard dice are made so that opposite faces add up to 7, which means the number on the bottom face is always 7 minus your result, a quick way to check a roll that landed on a book or a miniature.

What are the odds on a d6?

A single d6 averages 3.5, because each of 1 to 6 has a 16.7% chance. The table shows how the common ways to roll the die compare.

Advantage raises the average by 0.97 and disadvantage lowers it by 0.97. A roll of 4 or higher has a 50% chance on one die.

What happens when you roll 2d6?

Two dice no longer give every total the same chance. Totals near the middle can be made in more ways, so they come up more often. 2d6 averages 7, ranges from 2 to 12, and 7 is the most likely total at 16.7%.

What rolls a d6 in the 5e SRD?

• Handaxe, javelin, mace, quarterstaff, spear, shortbow, scimitar, shortsword and hand crossbow all deal 1d6 damage in the SRD 5.2.1 weapon tables.
• Burning Hands deals 3d6 Fire damage and Guiding Bolt deals 4d6 Radiant damage.
• Sorcerers and Wizards use a d6 as their Hit Point Die.
• Bardic Inspiration and the Monk’s Martial Arts die both start as a d6, and a Rogue adds 1d6 of Sneak Attack damage at level 1 and another d6 for every two Rogue levels after that.

The d6 is the Hit Point Die of the Sorcerer and Wizard. Use the damage calculator to turn these dice into an average damage per hit.

Rules facts on this page come from the System Reference Document 5.2.1 (“SRD 5.2.1”) by Wizards of the Coast LLC, available at https://www.dndbeyond.com/srd. The SRD 5.2.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.

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