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I took a look through the archives and this question was not answered that I could see.
Channel Energy (Su)
The vindicator’s class level stacks with levels in any other class that grants the channel energy ability.
Normally Channel Energy does not stack, and you keep track of the number of uses and dice separately. Does this ability allow them to stack? Or does it simply mean that Holy Vindicator levels count as both cleric and paladin levels and you continue to keep track of them separately as they both advance simultaneously?
Examples
Cleric 2/Paladin 4 with 16 cha would have 6 uses of Channel Energy for 1d6 from cleric and have 5 uses of lay on hands making it 2 uses of Channel Energy for 2d6 if he was then to take a level of Holy Vindicator would it be A) or B)
A) Cleric 2/Paladin 4/Holy Vindicator 1: with 16 cha would have 6 uses of Channel Energy for 4d6 (Cleric 2/Paladin/4 Holy Vindicator 1) and have 5 uses of lay on hands that he can expend to gain more Channel uses.
Why A makes sense: holy vindicator stacks with either cleric or paladin and one would assume that it would stack with itself.
B) Cleric 2/Paladin 4/Holy Vindicator 1: with 16 cha would have 6 uses of Channel Energy for 2d6 (2 cleric +1 Holy Vindicator) from the cleric side and have 5 uses of lay on hands making it 2 uses of Channel Energy for 3d6 (4 Paladin + 1 Holy Vindicator).
Why B does not make sense, If I have 3 classes with Channel energy and I keep track of each separately let’s say 4 paladin, 3 Cleric and 3 oracle of life and 10 Holy Vindicator my effective character level would be 40
why B makes sense