Oozes, Splitting and Combat

[Herremann the Wise]

Hi Everyone,

I just know this is going to come up tomorrow.

An Ochre Jelly is hit with a slashing weapon and splits into two. How does this then work in combat? Do we now have two Ochre Jellies ala Mickey and the Broomsticks or what?

Best Regards
Herremann the Wise

 

[Len]

I just know this is going to come up tomorrow.

Why? Is it World Ooze Day or Crothian's birthday or something?

Split (Ex): Slashing and piercing weapons and electricity attacks deal no damage to an ochre jelly. Instead the creature splits into two identical jellies, each with half of the original’s current hit points (round down). A jelly with 10 hit points or less cannot be further split and dies if reduced to 0 it points.

So yes, you get two separate jellies. Each has fewer hit points, but they're otherwise identical.