Rolling $n$ times with an $m$-sided dice. Closed, finite formula for the distribution of the sum?

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My current idea is the following: practically we want to get the distribution of the sum of $n$-times of a discrete uniform distribution between $1,...,m$ .

It is practically the discrete convolution of these, which is a multiplication in the space of the Laplace/Fourier/$z$-transformations. Going in this direction I found complicated formulas whose de-transformation was already hopeless. (I could write them here on need.)

Was it a good direction? Maybe somebody knows the formula, or can show me a better way?