some die rolling nonsense for d&d-like stats

genstats.py

import random;
import os;
import copy;

random.seed(os.urandom(20));

def Mode1GenFcn():
  dg = []
  for x in range(4):
    dg.append(random.randint(1,6))
  dg.sort()
  dg.reverse()
  genstring = "%d,%d,%d,(%d)" % tuple(dg)
  return (sum(dg[0:3]),genstring)

def Mode2GenFcn():
  dg = []
  for x in range(3):
    dg.append(random.randint(1,6))
  dg.sort()
  dg.reverse()
  genstring = "%d,%d,%d" % tuple(dg)
  return (sum(dg),genstring)

def Mode3GenFcn():
  dg = []
  for x in range(2):
    dg.append(random.randint(1,6))
  dg.sort()
  dg.reverse()
  genstring = "6+%d,%d" % tuple(dg)
  return (6+sum(dg),genstring)

def Mode4GenFcn(l):
  if len(l) != 6:
    print("Too few stats for priority!");
    return []
  l_cpy = copy.deepcopy(l);
  l_cpy.sort()
  if (l_cpy[0] < 3):
    print("One or more stats are less than 3, try again");
    return []
  rset = []
  for y in range(6):
    dg = []
    for x in range(l[y]):
      dg.append(random.randint(1,6))
    dg.sort()
    dg.reverse()
    gs = []
    gs.append("%d,%d,%d" % tuple(dg[0:3]))
    if (l[y] > 3):
      gs.append("(")
      for z in range(3,l[y]):
        if (z != 3):
          gs.append(",")
        gs.append("%d" % dg[z])
      gs.append(")")
    genstring = "".join(gs)
    rset.append((sum(dg[0:3]),genstring))
  return rset

#### Uncomment proper generator function
for x in range(6):
  #print(str(Mode1GenFcn()))
  #print(str(Mode2GenFcn()))
  #print(str(Mode3GenFcn()))
  pass
print(str(Mode4GenFcn([3,5,4,3,6,5])))