Animus Shade Mental Schism Ability vs Smite Evil


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Below is the Bestiary 6 description of the Animus Shade's Mental Schism ability. Looking for confirmation that this ability results in this particular evil undead being unaffected by a Paladin or celestial's Smite Evil because Smite Evil is alignment based.

Mental Schism (Su): An animus shade’s
mind is a chaotic tangle of shredded
remnants of the dominant personality
that once subsumed it. This mercurial
state of being is too piecemeal for
alignment-based effects to take hold.
The animus shade is immune to all
effects that are dependent on alignment.


Seems clear to me that it's immune.

Shadow Lodge

Agreed. Smite Evil is alignment based.


Yup. I imagine Smite (and probably Protection-From-X spells) is the main reason they put in that bit about being immune.

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