diff --git a/OpenRA.FileFormats/WRange.cs b/OpenRA.FileFormats/WRange.cs
index 003e2d308a..fbcaa0eeed 100644
--- a/OpenRA.FileFormats/WRange.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.FileFormats/WRange.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Drawing;
+using System.Linq;
 
 namespace OpenRA
 {
@@ -34,6 +35,17 @@ namespace OpenRA
 		public static bool operator ==(WRange me, WRange other) { return (me.Range == other.Range); }
 		public static bool operator !=(WRange me, WRange other) { return !(me == other); }
 
+		// Sampled a N-sample probability density function in the range [-1024..1024]
+		// 1 sample produces a rectangular probability
+		// 2 samples produces a triangular probability
+		// ...
+		// N samples approximates a true gaussian
+		public static WRange FromPDF(Thirdparty.Random r, int samples)
+		{
+			return new WRange(Exts.MakeArray(samples, _ => r.Next(-1024, 1024))
+				.Sum() / samples);
+		}
+
 		public static bool TryParse(string s, out WRange result)
 		{
 			s = s.ToLowerInvariant();
diff --git a/OpenRA.FileFormats/WVec.cs b/OpenRA.FileFormats/WVec.cs
index 72b2df78b9..4039374384 100644
--- a/OpenRA.FileFormats/WVec.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.FileFormats/WVec.cs
@@ -69,6 +69,16 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			return new WVec(ret.X, ret.Y, ret.Z + offset);
 		}
 
+		// Sampled a N-sample probability density function in the range [-1024..1024, -1024..1024]
+		// 1 sample produces a rectangular probability
+		// 2 samples produces a triangular probability
+		// ...
+		// N samples approximates a true gaussian
+		public static WVec FromPDF(Thirdparty.Random r, int samples)
+		{
+			return new WVec(WRange.FromPDF(r, samples), WRange.FromPDF(r, samples), WRange.Zero);
+		}
+
 		public override int GetHashCode() { return X.GetHashCode() ^ Y.GetHashCode() ^ Z.GetHashCode(); }
 
 		public override bool Equals(object obj)