my $range=12; my $low_end=6; my $dice=1.2; my %freq = (); for (1..50000) { $freq{ roll_dice($low_end, $range, $dice) }++ } print "$_: $freq{$_}\n" for sort {$a<=>$b} keys %freq; sub roll_dice { my ($low_end, $range, $dice) = @_; my $result = 0; my $i; for ($i = $dice; $i >=1; --$i) { $result += rand($range); } $result += rand($range) * $i; int($low_end) + int($result/$dice); }