One question about this rule:
"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. The amount of damage dealt
or healed is equal to 1d6 points of damage plus 1d6 points
of damage for every two cleric levels beyond 1st (2d6 at 3rd,
3d6 at 5th, and so on)."
If you channel energy aimed dealing damage to a group of Undead within range, the 1d6 points of damage is in total, correct? In other words, for example, for a 1st level cleric, you're not doing 1d6 damage to each target within range, are you?
If, in fact, it is 1d6 per target, that seems really powerful for an ability used so many times per day right out of the gate for a low-level character. If the 1d6 is in total, how do you distribute the damage?
One question about this rule:
"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. The amount of damage dealt
or healed is equal to 1d6 points of damage plus 1d6 points
of damage for every two cleric levels beyond 1st (2d6 at 3rd,
3d6 at 5th, and so on)."If you channel energy aimed dealing damage to a group of Undead within range, the 1d6 points of damage is in total, correct? In other words, for example, for a 1st level cleric, you're not doing 1d6 damage to each target within range, are you?
If, in fact, it is 1d6 per target, that seems really powerful for an ability used so many times per day right out of the gate for a low-level character. If the 1d6 is in total, how do you distribute the damage?
It is indeed d6 effecting everything within the area of effect
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It's 1d6 healed or damaged per target. It is a fairly powerful ability against minor undead, but it's a situational type of thing and any creatures taking damage do get a will save. In my group, we use it almost exclusively for healing so that the cleric can actually cast some buff spells and doesn't have to be just a heal-bot.
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It is a powerful ability at low levels, both for the party and for the bad guys (see the other threads here regarding a 3rd level evil cleric using it against a 1st level party).
We roll the d6's and then use the same number for all creatures within 30'. I suppose you could roll a separate number for each creature targeted but there's no advantage to that and it simply creates a lot of wasted time. (Hmm, can you "create wasted time"? Or any time at all, for that matter?)
If I read it correct, your only choice is whether to channel positive or negitive energy, and thats only if you are neutral and only the first time you use it. If you channel positive energy, and your party is being swamped by undead, your burst will heal your party members at the same time it hurts the undead.
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Yep.
And if your allies are fighting amongst living bad guys, /it will heal them both/.
(unless you take the selective channeling feat).
-S
If I read it correct, your only choice is whether to channel positive or negitive energy, and thats only if you are neutral and only the first time you use it. If you channel positive energy, and your party is being swamped by undead, your burst will heal your party members at the same time it hurts the undead.
Not quite correct.
Yes, good clerics channel positive energy, evil clerics channel negative energy, and neutral clerics decide during character creation which energy they will channel and they can never change their minds. That part was correct.
Each time a cleric uses this ability, they decide to heal or harm. Those who channel positive energy can heal living or harm undead, but not both at the same time; they pick one or the other each time they use it. Likewise, but opposite, for the channelers of negative energy: with each use they decide whether to heal undead or harm living, but not both.
See this:
A good cleric (or one who worships a good deity) channels
positive energy and can choose to deal damage to undead
creatures to heal living creatures. An evil cleric (or one
who worships an evil deity) channels negative energy and can
choose to deal damage to living creatures to heal undead
creatures.
Back in Beta they tried it the way you thought it worked, but found out it was too overpowered that way, completely trivializing any fight with undead, so it got nerfed a bit for the Core rules.
edit: Ninja'd (but I included a cite)
6 year necro might be the oldest I've seen. A record, perhaps?
