In my opinion, this is a bug by PhysMig.
Even with the "Share" option enabled, all special abilities of creatures should work, such as: poison for monarchs, paralysis for scorpions, petrification for medusas, or breath of death for gorgons. Only resurrection doesn't work on archons (which makes sense, as it's a 4th-level spell), and I'm not sure about Pit Lords.
Resurrection doesn't work on pit lords; I learned this the hard way in this game :D. By the way, petrification by medusas also doesn't seem to work; I'll go check. Checked – it works.