Hi there,
bought the game last winter, love it. The only complaint i have concerning MW is that the fun really starts when you are able to play it on a regular basis and regular playing buddies are hard to find for an over 40-year old gamer. 

Now to my question: In my last session I chased my opponent (Beastmaster) across the board with my Warlock equipped with the Lash of Fire. With Bear's Strength and fire effect-enhancing gear I gave him a hard time. But what finally broke his will to resist was the Vampirism spell I put on the warlock. So any damage I got so far was quickly healed while whipping him to shreds. He had run out of dispells (which were all countered with nullify spells) already there is no need to say which mage won the match.

So, can damage one does with a melee weapon really benefit from a spell like Vampirism?

Thanks for your thoughts.

T.