Ooze split ability and detrimental effects

[chaoticyeshua]

This came up in our Pathfinder session this afternoon and I was curious if there is an official ruling on it for future reference. One of my fellow party members cast the Slow spell on an ooze, which then later split into a second ooze. My question is, should the Slow effect also be active on the child ooze? Given the wording of Split, I would think so, but our DM disagreed with me. The "Split" ability is worded like so:

"it splits into two identical oozes, each with half of the original’s current hit points (round down)"

The word "identical," to me, implies that the child ooze would have the same magical enhancements/detriments as its original parent, and the same stats other than HP which it specifically states is halved. If the ooze is splitting half of its essence, essentially, into a new being, wouldn't the magic imbued into it follow into the child as well? Is there an official ruling on this?

[RealAlchemy]

Just for consistency, what happens if you haste an ooze and send it through a blade barrier?

[chaoticyeshua]

RealAlchemy wrote:

Just for consistency, what happens if you haste an ooze and send it through a blade barrier?

Hilarity, of course!

[Quentin Coldwater]

I'd say "identical" means "based off the same creature, and looking similar in shape." A Black Pudding that splits off its parent will be an identical-looking Black Pudding, including similar traits. For all intents and purposes, copy its statblock and slap it on the second creature (apart from the HP, of course).

As for magical (de)buffs, I'm not sure. A Tanglefoot Bag on the mother will obviously not impede the child, as there's only one bag. But if it's on fire due to an Alchemist Fire, I'd say it works: the entire thing's on fire, it makes sense that the part that's split off is also on fire. Similarly, Slow would work, as it's part of the mother. Not all conditions would carry over, but I'm hard pressed to think of another one other than the Tanglefoot Bag, as it can literally target only one creature.

Also, an Ooze pushed through a Blade Barrier would result in ooze splattered all across the room, like a blender without the lid on it. Lots of 1 HP oozes.
Also, fun fact: my party once encountered a pretty nasty ooze that could split. We intentionally made it split multiple times so a single Fireball could kill all of them at once.