Board Thread:Clean up Concerns/@comment-29414935-20160804161934/@comment-366087-20160804162421

"Living" is a DEFAULT-level conditional. If a character is alive, you don't need to say they are alive. You only need to indicate if they are not alive. And that doesn't mean "undead", we mean "active".

Think of it this way, when talking about your day to family and friends, do you need to say when the people you dealt with during the day are "living"? No. You only have to say when they are not.