Envoy of Balance and Channeling

[DrakeRoberts]

A couple of questions about the Envoy of Balance prestige class and channeling:

1) If I have the Spiritual Equilibrium endowment and the Command Undead feat, do my Envoy of Balance levels count as cleric levels for determining the effects of that feat?

2) How does Twinned Channeling work with the variant channeling effects for the harm portion of the channel? Clearly you would treat yourself as 2 levels lower before halving the damage and when calculating the DC, but do you count as 2 levels lower for your channel bonus/penalty amount? I would think the intent would be yes, but the wording differs from the wording on Versatile Channel (which lowers your effective level for all effects). I've always assumed that a Phylactery of Positive/Negative Channeling doesn't change the channel bonus/penalty and the wording of Twinned Channeling seems more like the wording on those items than that of Versatile Channeler.

[Blake's Tiger]

1. I do not believe so. Spiritual Equilibrium specifies adding level to cleric level for determining channel dice. Command Undead is a separate ability gained through a feat that happens to use your channel energy reserve to fuel it (it functions the same for someone with 2d6 channel as someone with 7d6), and the feat species that the DC is based on cleric level. It is not a modification of Channel Energy, like Alignment Channel feat.

2. I believe that it would affect your channel bonus, yes.