Crowd Pulse

Effect

You sense the threat-context of every creature within Near range simultaneously: who is hostile, who is fleeing, who is hunting, who is afraid, who is preparing violence within the next minute.

This is broader but shallower than Surface Read — emotions and intentions only, not specific thoughts.

If any creature in range intends violence within the next minute, you feel a spike of hostile intent. You gain +2 Roll Bonus to Initiative if combat breaks out during this scene.

Steps

+1 specific detail from any one target per Step (effectively upgrading one target’s read to Surface Read depth).

Special

Does not detect interpersonal dynamics or social roles — that is Social Barometer’s domain. Crowd Pulse reads threat; Barometer reads structure.