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Can you make the Free Action touch attack granted from a spell in the middle of a move (and keep moving)? You can make other Free Actions without a restriction on stopping movement, but I was unsure since this was an attack. If allowed, doesn't that mean that you could take the standard action to cast a spell, start moving, take the free action, and then finish moving?

There are enough stealth gripe/complaint threads that we don't need another. That being said, how would one target or attack a target that is both flying and invisible?

I am working on a character has a Fly speed (via Hexcrafter Flight Hex) that is also Invisible (via Vanish) as early as level 5. Spell Combat allows a Magus to attack (canceling prior round's Vanish) and then recast Vanish as part of the same full round action. An optional 5 foot step (if flying, moving less than 1/2 speed requires a DC15 Fly check) and you are set up for the next round. Invisibility granted by Vanish would even cancel out the -2 from spell combat as you would get a +2 attacking while invisible. This seems to me like it could emulate Greater Invisibility until you ran out of level 1 spell slots for Vanish (Wand Wielder arcana?). Flying and a reach weapon (or Lunge) would effectively allow this character to be out of range for the majority of melee attacks from earthbound foes. Add to that total concealment's 50% miss chance, which would only even come into play if the attacker can determine the square for targeting. Which comes to my question...

I assume that the Perception chance to notice an invisible enemy who is moving on the ground is less than that of one moving in the air, but I'm not sure the rules support this. Flight via the spell is not going to buffet the air such as winged flight, so there wouldn't really be any way to sense where the target is hovering above. The character should enjoy the +20 to Stealth checks to determine location, but is it more since they are not touching anything that could give away location, even when moving?

Follow up: Would this character get +40 stealth if while flying and invisible he just hovered (same DC15 Fly check), or does hover count as movement against stealth and invisibility?