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Hello all, got a quick rules question.
I'm making a few powerful ghosts as a boss fight for my game. The way the ghost template is written, it seems unclear to me whether Corrupting or Draining Touch can be used as an attack that is a part of another type of action. For example, could the ghost of a Magus use Corrupting Touch with Spell Combat? Or could the ghost of a Martial Adept class use Corrupting Touch with the Maneuvers from Tome of Battle or Path of War?
I can't tell if Corrupting Touch is a special action or a type of attack. The template seems to indicate that it can't be used multiple times a round if the ghost has a high base attack bonus, but beyond that, the template seems vague.
It does also indicate that ghosts can use ghostly versions of their equipment, which does full damage if it's ghost touch or half damage otherwise, which seems that it would work like a normal character's attacks, with Spell Combat, Martial Maneuvers, etc, which is the back up option if Corrupting Touch isn't compatible with other types of special attack actions.
Thanks!
Corrupting Touch (SU) is a standard action all its own. It even says so in the description.
Corrupting Touch (Su)
All ghosts gain this incorporeal touch attack. By passing part of its incorporeal body through a foe’s body as a standard action, the ghost inflicts a number of d6s equal to its CR in damage. This damage is not negative energy—it manifests in the form of physical wounds and aches from supernatural aging. Creatures immune to magical aging are immune to this damage, but otherwise the damage bypasses all forms of damage reduction. A Fortitude save halves the damage inflicted.