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Does mirror image give a miss chance for a touch spell triggered by Spite?
To clarify, Let's say a witch has a "vampiric touch" tattoo from spite and gets attacked by an enemy with mirror image up. It's not clear if the mirror image is bypassed.
1. Mirror Image is bypassed. The spell states, "Whenever you are attacked or are the target of a spell that requires an attack roll, there is a possibility that the attack targets one of your images instead."
The Spite spell says, "You do not need to succeed on a touch attack to affect the target, but in all other respects the spell is treated as though you had cast it normally." This seems to indicate that an attack roll is not required, and so mirror image is bypassed.
2. Mirror Image is not bypassed. The spite spell does not negate the need for an attack roll, only the need for it to succeed. The spite-vampiric touch spell may still target one of the mirror images when triggered, and discharge harmlessly.
I have my opinion, but I was hoping for a few people to weigh in. Thanks.
I'd say mirror image is bypassed. Spite trigers upon being attacked in melee, and uses ithat contact to transfer the effect of the touch spell. Since the images don't attack, the miss chance is irrelevant (same way spite works in darkness or against invisible opponents).
Anyway, that's how I'd rule it.