They're lasting as long as I want them to last; most are permanent. They will follow commands that include being able to make some specific or basic decisions. Most of the constructs I make that I don't shrink down again are farmers. They tend fields. That they can do autonomously.

[ Harrow is trying to learn to be nice. She can answer questions about necromancy all day, too. ]

Essentially they do the task for which they are constructed. Farming, or defending me in battle — the latter will wear on me, though, as they aren't very intelligent so I have to direct them necromantically to some extent.