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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gnfnrf" data-source="post: 3540224" data-attributes="member: 2373">Undead are immune also because swarms affect living creatures only.  Both of these questions (stinking cloud and swarms) boil down to "Is an elemental a living creature for this purpose?"  For spells, PHB p. 176 defines "living creature" as "all creatures other than constructs and undead" so the question seems pretty clearly answered.As this seems to be the only definition of living creature, it presumably applies to Ex abilities as well.If you wish to limit the application of "living creature" to types such as elementals, how far do you go?  Can they be cured by CLW and equivalent spells?  Can they (water or not) be affected by Horrid Wilting?  Can a monk speak with them?Making decisions like these case-by-case is fine; the rules can't encompass every case.  But it certainly seems clear that by strict application, elementals are living creatures for all of these situations.--gnfnrf</blockquote>