Feasting - Only Base CHA?

[DatOneGuy]

Is this intentional? Only Base CHA seems to effect feasting, I've taken off and put on +50~60 CHA gear and have had no difference in feasting, I've had others try it as well.

[serpentyngallery]

But that's not all, folks! You can also build a huge ass bonfire! Just build it, and load it up with fuel, light it, and feast away. There is a minimum requirement to how much fuel the bonfire needs before you can light it (it will change sprite when it's possible to light it). By feasting in sight of the grand fire, you can eat even more, the bonus determined by the collected hunger modifiers of all active tables, factored by the average charisma of everyone at the party. Please note that the FEP-bonus is only ever applied to the table in question, never shared with the extended party in any way. The person with the highest charisma should light the bonfire, as charisma of the host of the evening is obviously relevant for the bonus. Keep the riff-raff away from your party, and you can party away yourself.

In reading that, what I wonder is if your eating alone, and not around a lit bonfire, does your charisma even factor in at all?

[DatOneGuy]

But that's not all, folks! You can also build a huge ass bonfire! Just build it, and load it up with fuel, light it, and feast away. There is a minimum requirement to how much fuel the bonfire needs before you can light it (it will change sprite when it's possible to light it). By feasting in sight of the grand fire, you can eat even more, the bonus determined by the collected hunger modifiers of all active tables, factored by the average charisma of everyone at the party. Please note that the FEP-bonus is only ever applied to the table in question, never shared with the extended party in any way. The person with the highest charisma should light the bonfire, as charisma of the host of the evening is obviously relevant for the bonus. Keep the riff-raff away from your party, and you can party away yourself.

In reading that, what I wonder is if your eating alone, and not around a lit bonfire, does your charisma even factor in at all?

The friend I tried it with raised CHA after (eating Raisin-butter cakes) and said it changed. I figured it was only over a bonfire at first (and with multiple people) but after we did this I figured it wasn't the case. This thread can be deleted either way, I brought it up in IRC and if there was a boost he saw it must have been from something else... (just not sure what atm)