Splitting Conditions

[Ravingdork]

If I'm fighting an intelligent ooze that has Shaken 2 from Demoralize, and it splits, do both oozes now have Shaken 2?

How does split interact with the various conditions of the game? Is every new clone simply free of all conditions, making split a form of escape? (I'm imagining a grappled enemy stabbing themselves so that they have a non-grappled counterpart.)

[Baarogue]

First show me a non mindless ooze with split

[Ravingdork]

Baarogue wrote:

First show me a non mindless ooze with split

Several appear in at least one published adventure, so I'm hesitant to post it here as it will be a bit of a spoiler.

They definitely exist though.

If you'd like, I'll PM you the specifics.

[Baarogue]

Nah. I'll just take your word for it that this isn't purely academic argument fuel... this time

>it splits into two identical puddings

I read this as meaning not just identical to each other but to the original as well. So I would give them both the same persistent conditions the original had aside from circumstantial statuses the new one doesn't qualify for due to its position; like cover, flat-footed, etc. Grappled would probably be one of those that the new one wouldn't inherit, but the one taking the place of the original would remain so

I would take care to avoid anything that stinks of exploit, though. So no duplication of single-target effects that existed on the original and wouldn't make sense to double. No "I magic fang the ooze then stab it to get two +1 striking black puddings", for instance. My watchwords are consistency and fairness, and I would judge each situation in this edge-case scenario accordingly

[Ravingdork]

Thanks! That sounds entirely reasonable.