undead question

[thejeff]

I just played around with this.
Leeching Darkness does work on undead, lifeless or not, as you said.

The Shadow Brand effect does not work on lifeless undead. I'm not sure if it's the lifeless or undead that stops it. Not enough non-lifeless undead in my test.
The effect doesn't seem to be Leeching Darkness. The visual is different, it's not a cloud effect and it doesn't work on undead. I'm not sure what it is, if it's an effect used elsewhere.