User blog:DMUA/D&D Homebrew (Greyfang): Boian Popescu dodges lightning

So, as I was confusing myself by thinking DND lightning dodges were High Hypersonic+ (They are for Rouges and other evasion users I guess), Greyfang brought up that Boian was also able to dodge Lightning Breath from just 5 feet away. And considering that dragons can create storms and have more then enough AP to qualify for "Close enough" lightning, let's dive in.

The formula for projectile dodging is (Distance the character moved in meters) x (Speed of projectile in meters/s) / (Distance the projectile was away from the character when he/she started to move in meters)

So, he must have dodged at least 5 feet, or 1.524 meters (Considering the attack covers such an area, which he would have needed to exit in order to not die), Lightning travels at 440,000 meters per second, and they were 1.524 meters away before they got to dodge.

So, 1.524x440,000/1.524 is...

Exactly 440000 meters per second, Mach 1282.79883382, Massively Hypersonic+

Ludicrously simple calculation, but cool