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Message: <blockquote data-quote="irdeggman" data-source="post: 5090969" data-attributes="member: 16285">Rules Compendium pg 49"Death Due to Energy Drain""A creature that has negative levels equal to its current level or Hit Dice is instantly slain. A creature slain by energy drain in this way might rise as an undead of the same type as the energy draining creature. Such an occurence is detailed in the energy draining creature's description. If this isn't the case, a creature slain by energy drain rises as a wight (if it can)."Since the specific text is under "death by energy drain" and not merely gaining negative levels and a Warforged is immune to energy drain - then they can not become undead.Rules Compendium is technically the definitive rules source for 3.5 and where it conflicts with other sources it takes precededence (I know not everyone agrees, but that is RAW).Now as FoxWander pointed out - if you can strip them of their living construct status then you have a different set of possibilities.Also the SRD liste energy drain and negative levels at the same place - leading credence to how the RC has laid it out. Basically that it takes an ergy drain (or energy drain effect, which can come from a spell) to yield the undead effect.</blockquote>