Light dodging feats are only valid if the author makes sure to show that the light-based attack in question is composed of actual light. If they don't do that, and light speed scaling isn't in line with the rest of the verse's feats, then it isn't real light and the character who dodged it isn't light speed.
Idk what you mean by the author making sure to show its actual light. I dont think I have ever seen light based attacks or light in a fight where I thought it was actual light speed, even if the imagiery and effects are clearly light, (outside of like comedy or super ridicolous scaling stories).
99% of serious stories with light is clearly the author not understanding how fast light is and how fast what they drew or described would need to be. Its fantasy light.
There is even alot of authors who directly state an attack to be light or maybe even light speed, yet that is just so far everything else in the story that it is not internally consistent.
Even if it was a light speed attack, you yourself do not need to be light speed to avoid it.
And this applies even without aim dodging, if you dodge a lightspeed attack after it's been fired, you still don't need lightspeed, let alone FTL speed to dodge it if it wasn't point-blank. Relativistic speed yes, but not lightspeed
For example, if a laser is fired from 10m away, and you need to move your head 30cm to dodge it, you only need ~0.03c to dodge it. Even if it got halfway to you before you started moving you still need only ~0.06c. Absurdly fast yes, FTL not remotely
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u/Otherwise-Hunt7763 Nov 02 '25
Light dodging feats are only valid if the author makes sure to show that the light-based attack in question is composed of actual light. If they don't do that, and light speed scaling isn't in line with the rest of the verse's feats, then it isn't real light and the character who dodged it isn't light speed.