Does old age really affect Ermor

[Loren]

hnchrist3 said:
Unfortunately, most of Ermor's useful troups are undead, but NOT lifeless, and therefore will be afflicted by Burden of Time. The Gift of Health with remove afflictions, and if you create The Chalice (Const. 8 by N4 S3 mage) and the Gate Stone (Const. 8 by E6 S6 mage), then you can teleport the cup around and spread its healing effects!
[Note that both The Gift of Health and The Chalice will remove feeblemindedness from your troups including your afflicted Tartarians! making them powerful indeed.]

So I want to leave Gift of Health up?! The only reason I have it up is to keep my opponent from casting it. I didn't think it would do any good for LA Ermor. I was about to dispel it to recover the slot for Burden of Time--something I thought would be harmless other than to my clam-making nerieds and a few militia that haven't managed to die yet.

[Xietor]

All you have to do for the correct answer is read the unit's description of undead. Undead units are not affected by the burden of time because-drum roll-they are already dead.

That is what it means to die, and then have some foul necromancer raise up your bones, and imbue your bones with enough magic to make them move.

But since your flesh is gone, you cannot be poisoned. Since you are already dead-you cannot be diseased.

And because you are already dead, you do not care what day of the week it is, or even what year it is. You do not care what time it is-because the passing of time no longer affects your magically animated bones.

[Xietor]

Of course to prove the lie, my bane lord just gets diseased in a game that i am playing with ma ctis. But I am pretty sure this is just a bug, though i think this bug has been around for quite some time.

[thejeff]

Undead can get diseased, but it doesn't affect them.

[Ygorl]

Yup, those nasty bacteria and viruses can do just fine hanging out in the rotten decomposing flesh of the already-dead.

[solops]

Aging certainly does cause problems for LA Ermor. Try casting the Burden of Time spell. If it lasts long enough, your leaders start to lose important abilities. The only consolation is that by that time the opposition may be completely helpless...but don't count on it.

[Meglobob]

Well it is very rare, undead who are diseased still get afflictions.

It is rare and takes along time but they will occassionally pick up an affliction.