Simple enough. I have a cleric who follows a god of thievery and other shenanigans, and I've been looking for ways to bump my sneaky skills. I notice that the Trickery Variant Channeling can grant a bonus to my key rogue skills.
So, question. How visible is it when you channel energy, either normally or Variant Channel? Can my cleric do a discreet Channel before telling a vital lie or sneaking past a sleeping guard, or is it accompanied by shouted hosannas?
I know what makes *sense*, but I wanted to check if there's anything official on this.
depends it seem son how you interpret the bit about presenting the symbol - can you present it stealthily? do you have to present it at all?
Further, the channeling has the same area of effect as regular channeling, so your friends and enemies are affected by it too. I could swear that there was a feat or similar that allowed self-only channels, but I can't find it. If you could find that self only channel feat, I would think subtly kissing the holy symbol would suffice, but to activate an AoE channel, you present for all to see. Now, it does last for a minute, so you could reasonably channel from outb of sight, then move to use the skills.
Typically, the game developers side on the "anything that is magical is highly visible" side of things. No rules support for that, just a trend I've observed in their various clarifications and rulings over the years.
I had a suspicion this would be the case. Pity. Well, thanks everyone!