level 25 poison ooze of death in the sandworm lair

[Zaive]

So my level 15 arcane blade stumbled upon this poison ooze in the sandworm lair. A few turns later it had split into 4 oozes with the full 350 something hp and poisoned me to death... several times as I tried to scramble and pick up the sandworm queen's loot before dying again.

Aren't they supposed to split hp too? And what is a level 25 monster doing there in the first place? It didn't come out of a glowing chest or anything... Not the first level 25 ooze I saw there too, but I managed to kill the last one with great difficulty.

[greycat]

I think oozes copy their parent's HP when they split off, so a wounded ooze should produce wounded children. Except for the times when they don't. Or is that jellies? I dunno.

Having lost a promising character to an oozing horror recently, I sympathize.

[tromboneandrew]

The only exception to the ooze copying that I have noticed is with named oozes spawning non-named oozes, so at least a unique ooze with a nasty talent combination doesn't pass those talents to it's spawn.

[bricks]

The only exception to the ooze copying that I have noticed is with named oozes spawning non-named oozes, so at least a unique ooze with a nasty talent combination doesn't pass those talents to it's spawn.

Heh, fortunately. It wasn't always the case. That was an interesting version...

[Grey]

I've often noticed oozes split with full HP. Not sure if it's intended or not.

[Dwindlehop]

I've often noticed oozes split with full HP. Not sure if it's intended or not.

Yes. I would estimate probably 90% of the oozes split with current HP, but the rest get full HP.