1) Correct, although if you have weapon finesse, I believe you can finesse your touch attack. In either case, there is no bonus to damage.
2) Divine Favor explicitly states that the bonus does not apply to spell damage.
3) Search for existing threads on the temp HP from Vampiric Touch overlapping or stacking. They will reference THIS FAQ.
@Chromnos: That's one of those weapon-like spells questions. I'm inclined to say not, because seems to be boosting strength-related things, not spell-related things, but we'll just have to wait for FAQ adjudication.
I have a Witch who routinely starts every day casting Spite with Mythic Vampiric Touch.
Mythic makes the dice d8s and Blood Money takes care of the inks. Besides, it's creepy to make a ward with your own blood.
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So as a frontline spontaneous caster, don't forget meta magic. If the idea is to stand there and take it, you'll be able to 5'step out of most threat ranges and use a full rd to cast metamagically enhance spells. Vamp touch gets pretty mean when you start slapping max/emp/intensified spell onto it. also don't rule out the power of spell penetration to bypass SR.
And then there is Spiked Gauntlets of Spell Storing:
Spell Storing: A spell storing weapon allows a spellcaster to store a single targeted spell of up to 3rd level in the weapon. (The spell must have a casting time of 1 standard action.) Anytime the weapon strikes a creature and the creature takes damage from it, the weapon can immediately cast the spell on that creature as a free action if the wielder desires. (This special ability is an exception to the general rule that casting a spell from an item takes at least as long as casting that spell normally.) Once the spell has been cast from the weapon, a spellcaster can cast any other targeted spell of up to 3rd level into it. The weapon magically imparts to the wielder the name of the spell currently stored within it. A randomly rolled spell storing weapon has a 50% chance to have a spell stored in it already.
You can cast vamp touch and punch to deliver 2 of them at the same time, (one of them stored in your gauntlet) and the one you just cast.
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Yes, however you have to deliver the punch the round after you cast the vamp touch because an unarmed strike does not count as the free touch granted by the spell, and using touch to deliver the spell means the gauntlet isn't dealing the damage necessary to trigger the stored spell. But it's a nice move to cast vamp touch and hold the charge round one while you move to close the distance to your enemy.
You have to use either a touch attack or an unarmed strike to deliver the touch spell. See the "Holding the Charge" section of "Touch Spells in Combat"
Alternatively, you may make a normal unarmed attack (or an attack with a natural weapon) while holding a charge. In this case, you aren't considered armed and you provoke attacks of opportunity as normal for the attack. If your unarmed attack or natural weapon attack normally doesn't provoke attacks of opportunity, neither does this attack. If the attack hits, you deal normal damage for your unarmed attack or natural weapon and the spell discharges. If the attack misses, you are still holding the charge.
However, I don't think this can be done as your "free" touch attack as part of casting the spell, since it can only be done while holding a charge.
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You have to use either a touch attack or an unarmed strike to deliver the touch spell. See the "Holding the Charge" section of "Touch Spells in Combat"
Alternatively, you may make a normal unarmed attack (or an attack with a natural weapon) while holding a charge. In this case, you aren't considered armed and you provoke attacks of opportunity as normal for the attack. If your unarmed attack or natural weapon attack normally doesn't provoke attacks of opportunity, neither does this attack. If the attack hits, you deal normal damage for your unarmed attack or natural weapon and the spell discharges. If the attack misses, you are still holding the charge.However, I don't think this can be done as your "free" touch attack as part of casting the spell, since it can only be done while holding a charge.
You're correct, you don't get the free touch this way, because in order to trigger the stored spell, you need to have the gauntlet deal damage (which requires an unarmed strike). So you hold until the following round and then punch delivering both at once.