Li Shenron
Legend
Does 5e ruleset define living, dead and undead as mutually exclusive?
This is a bit of theoretical curiosity since I don't have any trouble at hand to manage, but I am sure it can have some practical consequences.
Narratively speaking, it's normally not a problem to say that an undead is neither living nor dead. But as soon as you have an ability, spell, magic item or whatever, which affects a 'living' creature or a 'dead' creature differently, without specifying how it works on undead, you might need a consistent rule to apply.
Additionally, when an undead creature is 'killed' in combat, does it become 'dead'? Does it remain 'undead'? Both?
This is a bit of theoretical curiosity since I don't have any trouble at hand to manage, but I am sure it can have some practical consequences.
Narratively speaking, it's normally not a problem to say that an undead is neither living nor dead. But as soon as you have an ability, spell, magic item or whatever, which affects a 'living' creature or a 'dead' creature differently, without specifying how it works on undead, you might need a consistent rule to apply.
Additionally, when an undead creature is 'killed' in combat, does it become 'dead'? Does it remain 'undead'? Both?