I got to the Bhaal temple and confirm that the see invisibility spell doesn't work at all. I have 2 players that can see invisibility (+ Minthara casting faerie fire) , a big lot of invisible bhaalists and a fight that takes many turns and at no time during the fight, the SI worked for any character.
Aye, enemy saves are pretty high, especially by Act 3.
The fact that See Invisibility works off Dex saves also means the high Dex Bhaalists have an easier time suceeding those saves. (Made even worse that it's a flat DC and doesn't scale with your character at all)
I also tried a vial of acid, making an acid pool, but even that didn't work. The Bhaalist attacked standing right in the pool. It hadn't made him visible either.
Aye, acid doesn't deal damage, it only reduces AC. So it won't remove invisibility.
So indeed, all I could do was throw some AOE attacks like thunder wave, trying to avoid hitting on my party.
One of the many reasons why Spirit Guardians is such a good spell. Since it's an AoE that won't harm your allies and is guaranteed to deal damage (Even on a save it still does half damage). Many of the other reasons are synergies with Radiant damage from items.