I can't help but notice that this feat has no limitations on type of spell whatsoever.
Ectoplasmic summon monster x: summoned creatures gain ghost touch on all attacks for the duration?
Ectoplasmic alarm: ethereal creatures trigger the spell?
I'm inclined to think that Ectoplasmic align weapon wouldn't slap ghost touch on the sword -- it'd be usable on incorporeal swords if you could find such a thing though.
Ectoplasmic animate dead: turn the corpse of a creature on the ethereal plane (that you can see from the material for whatever reason) into an ethereal zombie that you can command from the material plane?
I'm inclined to think that Ectoplasmic align weapon wouldn't slap ghost touch on the sword -- it'd be usable on incorporeal swords if you could find such a thing though.
You would be able to enchant a weapon of any type, so long as it is on the ethereal plane and you can see it. The metamagic enhancement would allow you to transcend the dimensional boundary and enchant the weapon. Though you would not be able to pick it up and use it, a creature on the ethereal plane would be able to. As for the situation where this would actually be useful....
Build your castle out of ectoplasmic wall of stone!
Build your castle out of ectoplasmic wall of stone!
Lol. Building a castle on the ethereal plane from the prime material plane sounds like an interesting idea. Although, does the ethereal plane have stone formations that can support it?
It doesn't say it removes its effect on the material plane. You'll have a castle with ghost touch walls! :P
It doesn't say it removes its effect on the material plane. You'll have a castle with ghost touch walls! :P
...huh. Yeah, a wall of stone is instantaneous and therefore non-dispellable... so you'd have a wall with a no-limit-duration ghost touch enhancement... but would dispel magic have a separate effect on the ghost touch property?
Oh good grief fabricate. Convert a chunk of ordinary steel into a ghost touch sword. Then use masterwork transformation to make it a really good ghost touch sword. I'd rule that the ghost touch property stacked with any attempt to enchant it further, at the very least.
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Looks like I'm resurrecting this old post.
Concerning ectoplasmic spells, would a mind-affecting spell work on a ghost (undead), overcoming the creature's normal immunity to such things, or is the "full effect" written in the feat description only meant to refer to full damage instead of half damage when it comes to non force spells. The posts in this thread would suggest that the feat applies to much more than just that.
By this same logic would a spell with both the meta-magic feats of ectoplasmic and merciful do non-lethal damage to a ghost (undead) or not and if so how would this work.
I can't seem to locate any errata on the subject. Any input you can provide would be appreciated. Thanks.