Background
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There is some uncertainty about the status of monsters animated by a hero with necromancy. What abilities and or upgrades should apply to the newly animated monster? Some think it is (re)animated exactly as it was immediately before death (ie with many or all of the abilities or upgrades it may have received when it was under the OL's control).
Others think it has only some of those abilities - though how to tell which abilities or upgrades it 'keeps' is then a second debate.
Possibly some may think it has no upgrades or abilities at all (a gold level monster necromancied would be a copper level monster under the hero's control) though none appear to have expressed that opinion.
Question:
Q. Which upgrades continue to work on monsters that are now under a hero's control (eg necromancy)? Do monster upgrades count (eg Silver level upgrades in advanced campaign)? Do Powers count (eg Doom, Unholy swiftness, Dark Armour)? Do Avatar upgrades count (eg Arcane Energies, Deaths Head, Sniper)? Do Avatar special abilities count (eg Master of the Hunt's The Pack)?
A1: Nothing counts. The newly animated monster does not get any benefits from the OLs powers, special abilities or upgrades of any kind.
A2: Everything counts. The newly animated monster is exactly identical to how he was when he died.
A3: X, Y, and Z types of upgrades are kept, A, B and C types of upgrade do not (fill in X-Z and A-C)
A4: (a full list of all upgrades with each individually specifying whether they are kept or not).
A5: Upgrades that specify 'your' X receives Y (eg 'your' skeletons receive the sniper ability) do not apply because the monster is no longer controlled by the OL. Upgrades that are generalised (do not specify 'your') still apply.
Additionally, an example should be added to the answer:
Example: A Gold level Master Ogre, with Titan (unnamed master monsters roll an extra power dice of their best type) as OL Avatar, from RtL (22W7A, RGGYAu Knockback, Undying) with Greater Ogres (Ogres get Reach and +5 wounds) and Doom (extra black power dice or upgrade) in play is killed and reanimated with Necromancy. The hero controls a:
E1: 8W5Ar, RGYb, Knockback, Undying Master Ogre (nothing counts, not even the gold monster upgrade)
E2: *27*W7Ar, RGGYAu*Au**b*, Knockback, Undying,*Reach* Master Ogre (everything counts - +5W and Reach from Greater Ogres, Gold Monster level, black power dice from Doom, extra Gold dice from Titan's special)
E3a: 22W7Ar, RGGYAu, Knockback, Undying Master Ogre (monster upgrade counts but nothing else)
E3b: *27*W7Ar, RGGYAu, Knockback, Undying,*Reach* Master Ogre (monster and Avatar upgrades count but not powers and not Avatar's special)
E4: something else?
Note: There are reports that KW answered a question on this (about exploding skeletons) at a convention. I understand his answer then was effectively example E3a - only the monster upgrade counts, nothing else. However these reports are
a) not confirmed in any official document and
b) do not give KW or any official answerer the opportunity for due consideration of the answer.