| Robb Swanson |
I'm a newcomer to Pathfinder, just getting back into playing d20 style RPG's. In college I used to play in a weekly AD&D 2.0 but much as changed between then and now.
My question has to do with channeling positive energy. The rulebook states that when a cleric uses his ability to channel positive energy, it can either cure damage to all living creatures or cause damage to all undead within a 30' radius.
The way I'm reading this seems to be way overpowered. If a cleric can cure d6x(cleric level/2) to all within this range, it seems to me to be a lot like a Mass Cure Light Wounds (a 5th level Cleric spell), which cures d8+(cleric level) of damage within a radius.
My question is this... am I misreading the ability, or is a cleric's channel positive energy ability really equivalent to a Mass Cure Light Wounds?