Unbreathing Subtype
Unbreathing is a subtype that can be applied to magical beasts and humanoids. Unbreathing creatures are alive, but share the appearance of and some traits with undead creatures. Unbreathing creatures have strong connections to the powers of death, just as creatures with the cold or fire subtype are connected to those forces. Unbreathing are not undead, however, and must eat, sleep and even (occasionally) breathe. Most unbreathing creatures look like zombie or ghoul versions of their normal cousins, though a rare few have transparent hide and flesh, making them look like animate skeletons.
- Unbreathing creatures can choose to not breathe for a duration of one minute per point of Constitution score. After this duration, they use normal drowning/suffocation rules.
- Spells and effects that affect or damage undead also affect or damage unbreathing creatures. Spells or effects that specify they do not affect undead do not affect unbreathing creatures.
- Unbreathing creatures cannot have the fire subtype. They gain resistance to cold equal to one point per level or hit die.
- Unbreathing creatures are resistant to healing magic. They receive only half the hp of healing granted by any magic source of healing.