Non-living

Non-living (also unliving) is term that refers to all creatures that are not considered to be alive. All non-living creatures have similar traits, that typically somehow consern "life force". For example, all non-living creatures are immune to vampire lords' life drain.

The term non-living was officially introduced in Shadow of Death manual, where in the description of Elixir of Life artifact stated, that the artifact "does not work on Undead or non-living creatures". Although that description suggest that Undead would not be considered as non-living creatures, it is commonly acknowledged fact that Undead are also non-living beings. Additionally, golems and elemental are considered to be non-living creatures in Heroes of Might and Magic III.

While stone and obisidian gargoyles have similar features with golems, for example they cannot be resurrected, they are not commonly referred as ones. This is due the fact that they are affected by morale. Additionally, they are not referred as golems because their lack of anthropomorphism. Gargoyles are the only creatures, that are considered solely as non-living creatures.