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This question originated from a rules' discussion I've had with my playgroup (before I found the explicit ruling) on whether Elixir of Life should work on a Skeleton PC, seeing as it's not a positive healing effect. This is not a question about that - I know that it doesn't.
What I know:
The text for targeting saying "living creature" actually matters - it definitively can't target Undead or Constructs.
Both Ancestries with the Construct tag have feats that make them "living creatures".
In the errata of the soothe spell it says that the spell "can be used to heal undead, constructs, and so on".What I don't know and wish to find out:
Other than creatures tagged with those specific traits (Undead and Construct), what other traits make a creature a "not-living" creature, what does the "so on" part of the errata refer to?So, e.g., can an Android be affected by things targeting living creatures? Can Plants be affected by things targeting living creatures? If they can, can Conrasu be affected by things targeting living creatures?
Ideally, I'd if someone could point me to/provide me with the ruling that defines this, or a general rule that can be applied not only to PCs but also NPCs, I'd be very grateful.
I would put the Dhampir and other creatures with negative healing in the so on of the errata.
Plants are definitely living creatures. And so is the body / shell of the Conrasu.
Android seem to be quite living too, even if their structure is not quite based on flesh and blood.
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Android specifically is definitely a living creature. They have a synthetic body rather than purely biological. But they are still affected like a living creature for everything. Including needing to eat, breathe, and sleep.
For general rules, there isn't much. It is left up to the GM to adjudicate in edge cases like trying to use Soothe on a Quickiron Plasm (a metal elemental).