Is there any way a melee caracther(Per example a barbarian) can enter an incorporeal form to hit with a ghost touch weapon? or is there any way an ethereal caracther can hit someone in the material plane?
Force and gaze effects work from the ethereal plane to the material plane.
First stab - a ghost touch weapon wielded by an ethereal barbarian should work just fine.
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Not sure about the incorporeal question, but a definite No on the ethereal question.
Spells function normally on the Ethereal Plane, though they do not cross into the Material Plane. The only exceptions are spells and spell-like abilities that have the force descriptor and abjuration spells that affect ethereal beings; these can cross from the Material Plane to the Ethereal Plane. Spellcasters on the Material Plane must have some way to detect foes on the Ethereal Plane before targeting them with force-based spells. While it's possible to hit ethereal enemies with a force spell cast on the Material Plane, the reverse isn't possible. No magical attacks cross from the Ethereal Plane to the Material Plane, including force attacks.
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Interestingly, ghosts are no longer ethereal they are incorporeal.
And the ghost wizard example has force effect spells; the implication being that force effect spells by incorporeal do affect normal.