Shimmering Enchantment

This spell is a part of the Spiritual Link spell chain and can be found in the Spiritual Link rune stone.

Upon casting this spell the animancer coats the weapon of the target with spiritual energy. This can be any melee, hand held weapon, including one's own fists or feet. The weapon takes on a shimmering, ghostly luminescence  which is beautiful and deeply unsettling in equal measure. This is not merely an enchantment of physical force but of spiritual violation, the weapon striking not just the body but the very soul of those it touches. For the duration of the spell every successful hit with the enchanted weapon deals the wielder's Arcana + Runic Power as bonus damage to be applied with its normal damage. Should the wielder have negative Arcana, use a 1 here instead as the spiritual energy will only enhance the weapon and not hinder it. This bonus damage ignores 20% of the target's armor. Furthermore this bonus damage is split equally between Vitality and Soul as the weapon wounds the body and drains the spirit simultaneously. A target with no Soul remaining will receive the full bonus damage to Vitality instead.

When Phantasmal Drain, Phantasmal Weakness, or Phantasmal Harvest are cast while Shimmering Enchantment is active, whoever would normally absorb the drained resources may instead choose to channel them into the enchanted weapon. The drained amount is converted at a 2:1 ratio; for every 2 points of drained Soul, Power, or Vitality channeled into the weapon, the weapon's next successful strike deals 1 additional point of bonus damage on top of its normal enchantment effect. This bonus applies only to the next strike and then dissipates, though it can be built up again with subsequent drain spells. This choice must be made at the moment the drain spell resolves for once the resources have been absorbed to restore the attributed stat they cannot be retroactively redirected to the weapon.