So if I have a slow spell on me making me slowed 1, and I get swallowed whole, am I slowed 2? I cant seem to find anything that says it does, though I heard it ruled that way recently. Society-related, if it matters.
Redundant Conditions with Values
Conditions with different values are considered different conditions. If you’re affected by a condition with a value multiple times, you apply only the highest value, although you might have to track both durations if one has a lower value but lasts longer. For example, if you had a slowed 2 condition that lasts 1 round and a slowed 1 condition that lasts for 6 rounds, you’d be slowed 2 for the first round, and then you’d change to slowed 1 for the remaining 5 rounds of the second effect’s duration. If something reduces the condition value, it reduces it for all conditions of that name affecting you. For instance, in this example above, if something reduced your slowed value by 1, it would reduce the first condition from the example to slowed 1 and reduce the second to slowed 0, removing it.
To answer more directly, if you got hit with slow 1 twice, your still only slowed 1 for whichever has a longer remaining duration. Although both effects are still technically present, they overlap.
However, it might matter if someone was trying to dispel the slow effect off of you or something like that.
Does not stack:
slowed 1 + slowed 1 = slowed 1
slowed 1 + slowed 2 = slowed 2
slowed 2 + slowed 1 = slowed 2
However sometimes it specifically says it stacks - "Target becomes slowed 1, or increases the condition by 1 if already slowed" - now it stacks.