Does a touch-range spell cast using Find Familiar have to have line of sight from the caster?

Question

The description of the find familiar spell states:

Finally, when you cast a spell with a range of touch, your familiar can deliver the spell as if it had cast the spell. Your familiar must be within 100 feet of you, and it must use its reaction to deliver the spell when you cast it. If the spell requires an attack roll, you use your attack modifier for the roll.

This means that the spell is counted as originating from the familiar; however, the caster has to cast the spell for it to work.

Most spells, aside from sacred flame, can't target creatures in total cover because there is no direct line of sight to them.

As part of casting the spell, does the caster have to have direct line of sight to the target, or can they use their familiar's line of sight for this purpose? Is this what is meant by the text, "your familiar can deliver the spell as if it had cast the spell"?

Answer 1

Line of sight is irrelevant. Spells only require a line of effect unless otherwise stated.

As you quoted, the familiar can only deliver touch spells. Thus, the familiar must touch the target. So, in this particular case, line of effect is also irrelevant. If the creature can be touched there must be a line of effect via the contact.

If the spell calls for a melee attack:
The familiar makes a melee spell attack roll using your spell attack modifier.

Answer 2

Well if the spell gets cast through the familiar, then as long as you know where the familiar is, and it knows the general location of the enemy or sees it, then it could be cast from either line of sight(because you might see them too). And for the extension, if your familiar is counter spelled, it is technically just desummoned, so it wouldn’t be on the same astral plane as you...