Move Creation Workshop

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T1 Super Defense: Aspect of Terror (Ranged) (600): As a spirit born out of fear of the weather, Somerled feeds off of the terror people feel, terror that can also be brandished as a weapon. Somerled gathers up the power of residual fear, the dread of past prey’s last moments, charging for five seconds. The monster’s face contorts into a glare of pure malice, channeling that terror and unleashing it in an invisible blast of magical power against a single foe within 50 meters. Absolute horror shakes the unfortunate target down to their very core for but a moment, driving them into a brief panic in which they find themselves aiming anywhere except towards the object of their fear. Supers stronger than this move strengthen the resolve of the attacker, allowing them to aim much closer to Somerled, though still not directly at him, resulting in grazing attacks.

Last sentence is just a fancy way of saying "obviously this move can't fully block stronger supers." Trying to go for an emotional strike without veering into mind control territory.

I'm not entirely sure about this one, because it's very much aimed to be used against ranged Super Moves, if I see this correctly. It may work against, say, sword attacks too, but what about area attacks that don't require aiming? I also believe that for something that instills fear into an opponent Telepathy would be required.

You can try to submit the move as you wrote it if you think that it's fine of course. But if you're looking for input, perhaps you could have Somerled's attack make an opponent so afraid that their attack's force is diminished rather than not hitting or grazing him?

Also, how fast does the magic blast move?

Hm... Having it weaken attacks instead of diverting them is a much better idea, thanks for that.
And yeah, I was worried that this would require telepathy. I was hoping to avoid it because telepathy is incredibly impossible for Somerled, so impossible that he actually can't even read half of his own mind. It could probably be foddered off so that it's only used for terror-based moves, but it'd still feel odd having that in his roster...
As for speed, I'm tempted to say instant, occurring as soon as you lay eyes upon him, though that'd probably require homing. Would about the speed of a bullet be reasonable?