Are Undead Immune to Cold?

[Ogrork the Mighty]

I don't see anything under the Undead descriptor that specifically indicates cold immunity so it appears that they are only immune to cold effects requiring a Fort save or cold effects that impact on Str/Dex/Con loss.

The reason I ask is that I saw some undead in Monster Manual V that had cold listed under their immunities and that got me thinking...

 

[domino]

Was this for a specific undead, or listed as a trait? Because it's entirely possible that some certain undead may have extra immunities, not shared by all the others. Dragons have individual immunities, fey do, etc...

 

[Doug McCrae]

Skeletons are immune to cold, undead in general aren't.

 

[Ogrork the Mighty]

Skeletons are immune to cold, undead in general aren't.

Ahh, that's probably what I was thinking of.

Thanks!

 

[Darklone]

I like my zombies solidly frozen.

 

[Kmart Kommando]

I think liches are immune to cold too.

 

[Klaus]

I don't see anything under the Undead descriptor that specifically indicates cold immunity so it appears that they are only immune to cold effects requiring a Fort save or cold effects that impact on Str/Dex/Con loss.

The reason I ask is that I saw some undead in Monster Manual V that had cold listed under their immunities and that got me thinking...

As a blanket rule, no, undead aren't immune to cold. On a case-by-case basis, yes, some undead are immune to cold.

Undead are immune to cold effects that require a Fortitude save *if* said effect doesn't affect objects.

 

[Sitara]

Unless ofcourse, if they have the chillborn template sneakily added on to them

 

[Ogrork the Mighty]

Unless ofcourse, if they have the chillborn template sneakily added on to them

Where can that template be found?

 

[Drowbane]

I don't see anything under the Undead descriptor that specifically indicates cold immunity so it appears that they are only immune to cold effects requiring a Fort save or cold effects that impact on Str/Dex/Con loss.

The reason I ask is that I saw some undead in Monster Manual V that had cold listed under their immunities and that got me thinking...

Skeletal (lich, skeleton, death knight, etc) Undead are all (?) immune to Cold. Some other Undead are resistant to cold (Vampires)