Are undead immune to haunts?

[Wolf Munroe]

Basically like the subject says.

Haunts are all mind-affecting fear effects, even when they replicate spells that do damage. Undead are immune to mind-affecting effects.

So even if a haunt replicates fireball or an attack by a swarm of insects (summon swarm), an undead is unaffected, right?

[Luna_Silvertear]

Personally, I think MINDLESS undead should be immune to mind affecting effects. Who's to say a lich can't be effected by...say...an insanity spell, or a fear spell cast by a good cleric (i.e. the lich is afraid of said cleric's 'goodness')

[dpp84290]

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All haunts detect life sources and trigger as a result of the approach of or contact with living creatures, but some haunts can be tricked by effects like hide from undead or invisibility.

Unless these undead appear to be a life source to the haunt, they can't trigger it to be effected by the spell.

[Derek Vande Brake]

Yes, undead are immune. As dpp84290 said, they can't trigger it. If, for some reason, they are hanging out with a living creature, they are still immune, though they would experience the haunt. Back in AP#2, I think, where haunts were first introduced, there was a note that paladins are immune to haunts because of the fear immunity; the paladins still experienced the haunt, they just suffered no ill effects from it. I would treat an undead who is within a triggered haunt the same way.

[Wolf Munroe]

Alright.

My player characters are living in a haunted house at present. I want to have them return home one day to find that some enemies attempted to break-in while they were out but were not expecting the haunted nature of the house and had a very bad day. Currently their main enemies are a pack of ghouls led by a berbalang. Suppose I'll have to find some enemies with a pulse to get to experience their haunted domicile.

[Peregrino Gris]

What if the effect of the hount is useful for a undead? for example a haunt that infuse a chamber with death (duplicating mass inflict light wounds)