Channel Smite + Variant Channeling effects, does it work?

[Grumph Bronzebeard]

I'm building a negative channeling cleric for PFS and as I don't want to hurt my fellow pathfinders, I'll be taking advantage of the channel smite feat (see below). Does anyone know if the variant channeling effects can be applied to a channeled smite? I can't seem to find an answer on here anywhere.

Channel Smite (Combat)

You can channel your divine energy through a melee weapon you wield.

Prerequisite: Channel energy class feature.

Benefit: Before you make a melee attack roll, you can choose to spend one use of your channel energy ability as a swift action. If you channel positive energy and you hit an undead creature, that creature takes an amount of additional damage equal to the damage dealt by your channel positive energy ability. If you channel negative energy and you hit a living creature, that creature takes an amount of additional damage equal to the damage dealt by your channel negative energy ability. Your target can make a Will save, as normal, to halve this additional damage. If your attack misses, the channel energy ability is still expended with no effect.

[Rocky Williams 530]

Selective channeling may be a good choice. Lets you exclude a number of people up to your charisma bonus from the effects of your channel. That way you can still hit multiple creatures, and from a distance. That said, if you mean like the ability to harm outsiders or elementals with your channel, I don't see why you couldn't use it with channel smite.

[Grumph Bronzebeard]

He's going to be a battle cleric, and while his Charisma bonus will be decent it probably won't be over a 14. Based on the fact that I'll always have at least 3 companions, selective channeling is not my preferred option. I'm going to be sticking with channel smite, just need to know if the variant channeling would work with it. Combining the harm effect on Rulership variant channeling to daze the person I hit with channel smite would be nice.

[Grumph Bronzebeard]

Bump, as I'm hoping to play this character at a PFS game in the near future and I was hoping for some feedback on whether or not this sounds legit.

To me I don't see any reason why one of the forms of variant channeling introduced in Ultimate Magic wouldn't work with Channel Smite, but I wanted to get some other input first.

[WalterGM]

I'll bump for you Grumph, wondering the same thing myself.

[Compubacter]

"When channeling negative energy to harm, affected creatures take only half the normal damage but take an additional penalty or harmful effect; a successful saving throw negates the additional penalty or effect but does not reduce the damage any further." - UM

As it reads, channel smite only adds additional damage and not any added effects. Since the variant channels do half damage with no will save for damage, that would be the effect.