RD's question on Enlarge Person reminded me of a situation I had once as a GM. Never did figure out how it should have worked...
I was running a sewer adventure, and put the party up against some ochre jellies. Some of the players only had slashing weapons. Rather than deciding this was a hindrance, they set about splitting the jellies up as much as possible. (That way, area affects that did damage would multiply in effectiveness.)
Now, because it was in a sewer, space was an issue, and the resulting oozes were the same size as the original. Where do those offspring go, in terms of positioning? Are they squeezed into the same square? Are they shunted into the nearest open space - even if that space is behind two other oozes, or behind the party?
RD's question on Enlarge Person reminded me of a situation I had once as a GM. Never did figure out how it should have worked...
I was running a sewer adventure, and put the party up against some ochre jellies. Some of the players only had slashing weapons. Rather than deciding this was a hindrance, they set about splitting the jellies up as much as possible. (That way, area affects that did damage would multiply in effectiveness.)
Now, because it was in a sewer, space was an issue, and the resulting oozes were the same size as the original. Where do those offspring go, in terms of positioning? Are they squeezed into the same square? Are they shunted into the nearest open space - even if that space is behind two other oozes, or behind the party?
You can do this a few different ways; the easiest way is to roll a d8 and place the extra one on the number rolled, like so: X = Creature Square, 0 = Open Space, #'s = Die Number rolled
00000
01230
08X40
07650
00000
If the spots are taken, then roll percentiles to see which of the closest spots it is pushed to instead.
At this point, anything else that happens afterward is strictly up to you.