ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

While playing as an Adventurer (if that has any importance), the bloated oozes generated by Mitosis did not have the appropriate amount of life. They had 40 max HP when the tooltip said around 170ish.

The max HP is based on the damage you took to spawn the ooze. That ~170 HP is the maximum that your ooze can have; it will have less if you take a lighter hit.

I see. So mitosis plus solipsism on an adventurer isn't quite as impressive as I was hoping, then.

Or on a random boss, thankfully

On the other hand, the ones you generate for the third skill in that tree have HP totals that have nothing to do with your HP, so you can still abuse the combo that way.