Cloning Blues: Difference between revisions

* The original ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' included a spell called "''Clone"''. It made a magical duplicate of someone, and when they became aware of each other's existence, each was filled with an unrelenting desire to kill the other - most wizards use this spell in order to cheat death, not intending for it to come to life until their original body dies. As of Third Edition, the "Clone" spell now just creates a lifeless copy of the user's body. It needs to be preserved somehow or it will rot (a relatively simple spell takes care of that), but if it is still intact when the original dies, they reincarnate in that body (though the clone does not gain any knowledge—i.e. experience or abilities—that the original gained since the clone was created). However a similar effect is preserved in the expensive item "Mirror of Opposition". It creates a temporary clone whose only purpose is to kill the original.

* On ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and& Mandy]]'', future Mandy is a [[It Makes Sense in Context|giant worm Empress]] who keeps having Billy cloned, as these copies' tendency to idiotically get themselves killed provides her with amusement. ("We lose more Billys that way...") ''Not'' a case of clones being inherently stupid, as the original Billy was just as dumb.

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