Spellstrike and Ghost Touch

[Hima Flametinker III]

So I could use the communities opinion/ruling on the matter.

Scenario:
Magus spends Arcana to apply Ghost Touch to his weapon. Spellstrikes an Incorporeal creature.

- Magus does not have Ectoplasmic Metamagic Feat
- Incorporeal creature is not affected by Ghostbane Dirge.

Situation:
One believes that the spell delivered through their weapon will gain the properties of Ghost Touch.

What I think:
The weapon will deal full damage against the incorporeal creature. The spell, if it is not a force effect, only deals half.

How would you rule this as?

[Raisse]

I would rule the same way as you. Strangely, it appears that the incorporeal creature would be fully susceptible to critical hits (including spell critical) from a ghost touch weapon due to this line:

PRD wrote:

Incorporeal Subtype: An incorporeal creature has no physical body. An incorporeal creature is immune to critical hits and precision-based damage (such as sneak attack damage) unless the attacks are made using a weapon with the ghost touch special weapon quality. In addition, creatures with the incorporeal subtype gain the incorporeal special quality.

Strangely, Spellstrike would qualify as making the attack with a ghost touch weapon.

[Hima Flametinker III]

I don't see the problem of a spell critting. Because if even if you do, that will just be reduced by half.

[Diego Rossi]

I agree.
The weapon is ghost touch, so it get the critical and the spell get the increased damage from the critical too, but the spell isn't Ectoplasmic, so its damage is halved.