Life Link + Shield Other and fractional damage.

[Gilgimesh]

So first I know in Pathfinder the general rule is you always round down. 5/2=2.5 or 2.

Life Link absorbs damage in 5 damage intervals.

Shield Other by my understanding distributes half of that to another party member if it is in effect.

So...how does 5 get divided between two players? Do both take 2 and 1 fall of due to rounding? Does one take 2 and the other 3? Who take the 3?

Any help would be appreciated.

[Rory]

The character that has Shield Other cast on him takes half damage. This means that when 5 damage is taken, the character only takes 2 damage.

The character that cast Shield other takes "the amount of damage not taken". 5 damage - 2 damage = 3 damage taken by the caster of Shield Other.

(relavent line bolded from the Shield Other spell)

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Shield Other

This spell wards the subject and creates a mystic connection between you and the subject so that some of its wounds are transferred to you. The subject gains a +1 deflection bonus to AC and a +1 resistance bonus on saves. Additionally, the subject takes only half damage from all wounds and attacks (including those dealt by special abilities) that deal hit point damage. The amount of damage not taken by the warded creature is taken by you. Forms of harm that do not involve hit points, such as charm effects, temporary ability damage, level draining, and death effects, are not affected. If the subject suffers a reduction of hit points from a lowered Constitution score, the reduction is not split with you because it is not hit point damage. When the spell ends, subsequent damage is no longer divided between the subject and you, but damage already split is not reassigned to the subject.

If you and the subject of the spell move out of range of each other, the spell ends.

[Harley Quinn X]

EDIT: ALL THE NINJAS!

Shield Other wrote:

This spell wards the subject and creates a mystic connection between you and the subject so that some of its wounds are transferred to you. The subject gains a +1 deflection bonus to AC and a +1 resistance bonus on saves. Additionally, the subject takes only half damage from all wounds and attacks (including those dealt by special abilities) that deal hit point damage. The amount of damage not taken by the warded creature is taken by you. Forms of harm that do not involve hit points, such as charm effects, temporary ability damage, level draining, and death effects, are not affected. If the subject suffers a reduction of hit points from a lowered Constitution score, the reduction is not split with you because it is not hit point damage. When the spell ends, subsequent damage is no longer divided between the subject and you, but damage already split is not reassigned to the subject.

The warded creature takes half damage from the attack (rounded down as per usual). The person who cast shield other takes everything else, not just half.

[Gilgimesh]

I am surprised I missed that! Thanks for the response!