What happens when your invisible, flying, and telepathically bonded?

[Three_Haligonians]

Hey all,

Last time we played we ran into a strange situation that we didn't know how to handle rules-wise. Here's the situation:

I wanted to cast Fly on the npc, which is a touch-attack spell. Under the rules on touch attacks, it says that trying to touch a friend does not require a check. However, my character was invisible, as was the npc (Greater Invisiblity). We do share a permanent Rary's Telepathic Bond, though. J ruled that I had a fifty percent miss-chance because we were invisible. I failed, but retained the spell. Next round, I had the npc make a touch attack on me. He passed. When it was my turn, we couldn't figure out whether or not I needed to make a touch attack still, and when the spell should get released (when the npc touched me, when I make another touch attack on the npc, or immediately as a standard or free).

Even more stange than the senario described is the fact that it has come up before . . .

PLEASE HELP!! What do you think we should have ruled??

R and J from Three Haligonians

 

[shilsen]

I wanted to cast Fly on the npc, which is a touch-attack spell. Under the rules on touch attacks, it says that trying to touch a friend does not require a check. However, my character was invisible, as was the npc (Greater Invisiblity). We do share a permanent Rary's Telepathic Bond, though. J ruled that I had a fifty percent miss-chance because we were invisible.

That's what I would have ruled too.

I failed, but retained the spell. Next round, I had the npc make a touch attack on me. He passed.

Makes no difference. You need to be the one touching him.

When it was my turn, we couldn't figure out whether or not I needed to make a touch attack still, and when the spell should get released (when the npc touched me, when I make another touch attack on the npc, or immediately as a standard or free).

Yes, you still need to make a touch attack to affect him with the spell, and it takes a standard action. If he was still touching you, I'd let you succeed without the 50% miss chance (still takes a standard action) since you know exactly where he is.

 

[domino]

You could have just each grabbed something visible, and felt around until you felt each other's hands, and then held hands and casted.