Spiritualist question re phantom blade and black blades

[PaulH]

Hi

It says under the Phantom Blade archetype that it functions as the Bladebound archetype's Black Blade, except as noted.

Does that mean it gets arcane pool and all the associated bonuses at the appropriate level?

Thanks
Paul H

[Saethori]

Phantom Blade wrote:

A phantom weapon functions similarly to the black blade of the bladebound magus archetype (Pathfinder RPG Ultimate Magic 47) except as noted on the Phantom Weapon Progression table on page 6 and in the descriptions below.

The full relevant quote.

Strictly speaking, yes, the Phantom Blade has an arcane pool, as it wasn't indicated otherwise on the table.

However, due to the fact that the Phantom Weapon Progression Table does not include either Black Blade Strike, Energy Attunement, or any of the other Black Blade abilities that allow you to spend arcane pool points from the blade, there is no way for you to benefit from the phantom blade's arcane pool. So while it exists, it is effectively unusable, and therefore might as well not exist.

[Joseph Davis]

Tangentially related, as it's not stated, but I'm assuming manifesting the phantom blade is a 1 minute thing, similar to summoning the spirit? There's an ability that makes it a swift action, so I just wanted to make sure.

[TrinitysEnd]

Weapon of the Mind wrote:

The phantom blade can manifest the weapon through a ritual that takes 1 minute to perform.

Looks stated to me.