Undead Eidolons are both living and undead?

[PlantThings]

Undead Eidolons I thought worked just like Dhampirs. They have negative healing, but they’re still alive. However, I completely forgot that Undead Eidolons, unlike Dhampirs, still have the Undead trait. Doesn’t that cause major targeting issues?

Negative Essence even has a line that says it has a bonus against “non-damaging effects that target only undead” showing they can be targeted as undead. Negative Essence is also the same ability that labels them as living. I need some help processing this.

[Cordell Kintner]

Having the Undead trait means it's not a living creature. There are plenty of non-damaging effects that only target undead, take Chill touch for example.

[Guntermench]

Undead = not living. If something targets a living creature, it fizzles when targeting an undead creature. If it just targets a creature, it works as normal. If it targets an undead, it works as normal.

[PlantThings]

So in this instance, the Undead trait supersedes the Negative Essence line that “renders it a living creature”? The Eidolon is fully Undead unlike Dhampirs?

[Guntermench]

No, it means I'm an idiot and missed a line when I read it.

[Perpdepog]

The real silly thing is that, should you be playing an undead PC, your eidolon is technically more alive-er than you are, even though it is also undead.

[The Raven Black]

Living creature with the Undead trait.