The Harness Divine Power optional feature from both the Paladin and Cleric class in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything says the following:
You can expend a use of your Channel Divinity to fuel your spells.
It then goes on to say that you can touch your holy symbol as a bonus action to regain a spell slot, which you can do once per day, or more at higher levels, neglecting to say anything about using Channel Divinity. Does it require Channel Divinity, or not?
Best Answer
Yes, it requires expending a use of Channel Divinity.
We must read the entire feature together. The first sentence says:
And so, the rest of the feature is telling us what happens when we expend a use of channel divinity to fuel our spells: