Everything mechanically says it should. People might argue that it does not, as it functions "as if" you had cast Breath of Life.
Examples.
Channeled Revival says:
"As a full-round action that provokes attacks of opportunity, you can expend three uses of your channel energy class feature to restore a dead creature to life as if you had cast the breath of life spell."
Reviving Channel says:
"When you use channel energy, you can focus on one creature within range that would be healed by your channel energy whose hit points are below 0. When you do so, no other creatures are healed, but the target creature is restored to 0 hit points before the normal healing takes effect."
If the ally that's dead is say, at -50 HP, would they be put at zero before the Breath of Life equivalent effect? It is still healing caused by your Channel Energy ability, after all, regardless of what spell function it replicates, and it will only alter one target. Everything is laid out in a way that I think the answer is "Yes" - but there's always room for debate, and I've found nothing to support either direction.
Followup Question:
Do you heal them 6d6, or do you heal them 5d8+(???) ?
This is important, because while it says "like Breath of Life" - it makes zero mention of you using your actual level as the Caster Level of Breath of Life, thus failing to define what the actual healing bonus would be (inclining me to believe you would only heal what is normal for your Channel, making the combo of these two far more reasonable/valuable)
Thanks for humoring me!
After a lengthy conversation about this with a friend, we are still at odds. They think you use your class CL and treat it exactly as the spell, but were left without an easy solution when I mentioned the ways to get Channel (and thus Channeled Revival) without ever having a Caster Level (such as the Warrior of Holy Light archetype for Paladin).
I'm probably wrong here, I still think they work in tandem for the following reasons, and I truly welcome actual discourse on this;
- If it works as the spell, what is the CL?
(I think this might be the only spell Replication feat that doesn't include a CL calculation)
- If it uses your Channel Energy dice to heal, why wouldn't Reviving Channel be applicable?
- The feat itself even has Channel(ed) in the name, implying that it is channeling energy, though I am fully aware that argument is weak.
- If it works as the spell, and not as Channel Energy, why does it use Channel Energy's range instead of its normal range of Touch?
This one's bothering me. I'm pretty sure these two were meant to be symbiotic. Also, using Channel provides lower results, making their duality even more reasonable.
(6d6 Channel = 6 to 36 healing at 11th)
(10d6 Channel = 10 to 60 healing at 20th)
(5d8+11 minimum CL for BoL = 16 to 52 at 11th)
(5d8+20 = 25 to 60 at 20th with possible class boosts)
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You missed part of the text for Reviving Channel.
You can target an unconscious ally to gain additional benefit from your channeled energy.
Prerequisites: Channel energy 3d6.
Benefit: When you use channel energy, you can focus on one creature within range that would be healed by your channel energy whose hit points are below 0. When you do so, no other creatures are healed, but the target creature is restored to 0 hit points before the normal healing takes effect.
A dead ally is not unconscious.
Game-set-match - Well played!
That's the sort of definitive thing I was looking for.
Thanks Belafon!
That still leaves one problem though (technically two);
1) Does it heal according to Breath of Life, or Channel Energy?
2) If it heals as Breath of Life, what is the Caster Level?