Sorcerer Channeling Questions

[Mudeye]

Several sorcerer build entries discuss channeling and state that channeling increases DC and SR. The description in my journal indicates that channeling increases Caster Level. Caster Level increases SR and damage but doesn't come into the DC calculation which I understand to be:

DC = 10 + spell level + ability modifier + feat modifier

Can anyone clarify if channeling increases anything more than caster level?

[desocupado]

Channeling increases both CL and DC (only the CL ego doesn't increase DC and spell penetration)

[chirality]

I think Channeling and ED are unique in that they provide "all 3" of SP, DC, and CL.

I bring that up a) to mention that, keep in mind Channel + ED does not stack; and b) well here is my understanding anyway of how the rest of it works:

--CL ego hits a "cap" at 60, i.e. CL ego will not increase your CL past 60 if it already is?

--DC ego, like CL ego this is class-specific. DC ego +1 stacks with everything?

--SP ego, aka Raja, this is universal for all casting classes. The +1 stacks with everything?

[Vichya]

Channeling works exactly like Energy Drain. Using it gives you a temporary caster level. Temporary CL increases caster level, spell penetration and DC and stack up to +3.

The only difference between Energy Drain and Channeling is that you can't fill a soul jar or use the soulbind spell with channeling, you must have 3 temporary caster levels from energy drain to do that.

Apart of that Chirality is correct in his last three statements.

[pete]

from my testing:

channeling and energy drain both give extra caster levels and a bonus to DC that the bonus caster level ego items do not.

i know that pure sorc free channeling does stack with energy drain (so if you get +1 CL from pure and get +1 CL from the energy drain spell, then you get a total of +2) however this is maxed at +3.
If you are trying to fill a Soul Jar item (requires 3 temp caster levels) then channeling does not stack and you still need to land 3 energy drain spells to make this work.


that's what i know from my testing. i read in the bug section a while back that the raja ego wasn't working on a wrap of fiz (may be a bug with a single item not being able to give the same bonus twice), since there hasn't been an update since then i assume this is still the case, but i don't have such an item to test. but i have tested successfully that 3 different SP boosting items do stack (i tried a raja ring, the pom SP ring and the wrap of fiz)

[chirality]

Jan 12, 2013 9:03:48 GMT Vichya said:

Apart of that Chirality is correct in his last three statements.

Well, thanks for the clarification/correction. I was assuming he was at least slightly familiar with ED already. I meant to say they did not provide further benefit than +3 combined (should have said "don't stack past 3" rather than "dont stack")

Well Soul Jar/Soul Bind, naturally that won't work.

As for the gear stacking...well I wanted to make sure I left room in case I was wrong but have tested myself and I found raja + fist wraps to stack.