Monster abilities

By kezzzza, in Road to Legend

ok hoping for some clarification here as its an ongoing question in our house lol

In basic Descent on the monster card i understand that you play the ability of the monster when either triggered by the event/action for the special ones and during monster turn for ones without a triggering symbol.

In RTL these abilities with no symbol - are they still used.?

eg: Skeleton archer

Card says (in the ability section):

pierce 1

reanimation

surge = + 1 range.

so our understanding pierce and reanimation are effective each role - subject to dice roll of course and the additional range only when a surge is spent.

App says (in the top section before the turn info):

Each attack gains +3 range. If the total range result exceeds the distance on the target, that target also gains pierce 1.

so in RTL does the archer get both the app and the card ability or just the app when similar effect??

They get both. In this case, they have Pierce 1, and if the total range exceeds the distance, they get an additional Pierce 1, for a total of Pierce 2.