| yourstruly42 |
I just wanted to confirm something related to channel positive energy. Per the SRD: "Channeling energy causes a burst that affects all creatures of one type (either undead or living) in a 30-foot radius centered on the cleric."
Assuming I'm playing a character who can channel positive energy, is there any reason I couldn't stand in the middle of a field / town square / arena, gather a whole bunch of injured people around me, and channel energy to heal all of them with a single use of channel positive energy?
A 30-foot radius circle is about 2,826 square feet, or about 262.5 square meters. If we stick with the idea of 1 person per 5-foot square, that's 113 people. If we're going by real-world crowd densities, it should be possible to get up to 500 easily into a 30-foot radius circle if they squish a little.
Obviously this sort of circumstance wouldn't come up tremendously often, but I can envision a military chaplain healing an entire company after a battle with a single channel energy, or a city's cleric healing everyone injured in an earthquake or monster attack or something. Am I missing something? Is there any reason I wouldn't be able to do this?