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-====== Corporeal Undead ======
+====== Undead ======
-Unclean spirits have been known to infest bodies, causing them to rise from the grave.  Sometimes, these are spirits of the dead, animating their own or some other body.  Other times, they are malevolant spirits from other realms, possessing corpses for their own vile purposes.
+Unclean spirits have been known to infest bodies, causing them to rise from the grave.  Sometimes, these are spirits of the dead, animating their own or some other body.  Other times, they are malevolent spirits from other realms, possessing corpses for their own vile purposes.
-All Corporeal Undead have the Undead property, and most will also have the Mindless property.
+All Undead have the Unliving property, and most will also have the Mindless property.
 ===== Attributes =====
-As a rule of thumb, the Corporeal Undead are physically resilient, and frequently quite powerful as well.  Increase their Body by +1.
+As a rule of thumb, the Undead are physically resilient, and frequently quite powerful as well.  Increase their Body by +1.
 ===== Statistics =====
-Their physical resilience tends to allow the Corporeal Undead to soak up quite a bit of damage.  Increase their starting stamina by fifteen.  However, the undead do not cling to life as tenaciously as the living.  The Corporeal Undead never suffer hit points of damage, and if reduced to zero stamina, they are instantly destroyed.
+Their physical resilience tends to allow the Undead to soak up quite a bit of damage.  Increase their starting stamina by fifteen.  However, the undead do not cling to life as tenaciously as the living.  The Undead never suffer hit points of damage, and if reduced to zero stamina, they are instantly destroyed.
-The Corporeal Undead are not noted for their speed, often being somewhat slower than in their mortal life.  They start with a speed of five.
+The Undead are not noted for their speed, often being somewhat slower than in their mortal life.  They start with a speed of five.
 ===== Already Dead =====
-The fact that the Corporeal Undead inhabit the bodies of corpses renders them immune to many damage types.  They are immune to the [[unbound:conditions:Bleeding]] and [[unbound:conditions:Poisoned]] conditions, and take no damage from Mental or Poison damage.  However, they are universally weak to fire, and take one additional point of damage per die from the [[unbound:conditions:Burning]] condition.
+The fact that the Undead inhabit the bodies of corpses renders them immune to many damage types.  They are immune to the [[unbound:conditions:Bleeding]] and [[unbound:conditions:Poisoned]] conditions, and take no damage from Mental or Poison damage.  However, they are universally weak to fire, and take one additional point of damage per die from the [[unbound:conditions:Burning]] condition.
 ===== Unhealing =====
-As a rule of thumb, the Corporeal Undead lack the ability to heal their bodies naturally.  Healing magic has no effect on them whatsoever.  However, many of the Corporeal Undead can repair their bodies through specific means---Ghouls consume the flesh of corpses in order to repair their bodies, and Vampires use fresh blood for the same purpose.
+As a rule of thumb, the Undead lack the ability to heal their bodies naturally.  Healing magic has no effect on them whatsoever.  However, many of the Undead can repair their bodies through specific means---Ghouls consume the flesh of corpses in order to repair their bodies, and Vampires use fresh blood for the same purpose.
-In general, however, assume that any normal means of healing will not work on the Corporeal Undead.
+In general, however, assume that any normal means of healing will not work on the Undead.
 ===== Kindred =====
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 ==== Vampire ====
-A fusing of the living spirit of the original body with a spirit of hunger results in a Vampire.  Because the Vampire's body does not die until they become a Vampire, and is preserved thereafter, it does not show the sorts of decay and corruption commonly seen among the Corporeal Undead.
+A fusing of the living spirit of the original body with a spirit of hunger results in a Vampire.  Because the Vampire's body does not die until they become a Vampire, and is preserved thereafter, it does not show the sorts of decay and corruption commonly seen among the Undead.
 When you select the Vampire as your foe's Kindred, increase their Charisma by +1.  Vampires are able to heal rapidly;  they can have Blood points equal to their level, and can spend one point of Blood as a simple action to heal themselves for 2d8 stamina damage.  Replacing one point of Blood requires that they hunt for human blood, a process that takes two hours per point of Blood.  So long as they still have Blood in their system, their body carries some heat, and they can pass for living, provided they are not examined in too great of detail.
-The fact that the Vampire's original spirit remains in its body means that this is one of the few Corporeal Undead that is neither Mindless nor Alien.
+The fact that the Vampire's original spirit remains in its body means that this is one of the few Undead that is neither Mindless nor Alien.
 ==== Zombie ====