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ExampleA made-up pack with one mistake left in on purpose: a healing draught used twice. Select any row to change it.
Timeline
14 rowsStart of the story
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Short by 1. The last change left 0 (chapter 6: Gave Healing draught to Pell).
Chapter 9
How it counts
Rows run in chapter order, and rows in the same chapter run top to bottom. Fix a mistake by changing or removing its row: every later count is worked out again, so nothing needs adjusting by hand. The check only reads the rows you enter. It cannot read your chapters. Two rows count as one item when the spelling matches, whatever the capitals.
Where this lives
Nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and there is no share link, so your timeline never ends up in a URL. Your draft stays in this browser, which is not a backup: clearing browser data or changing device loses it. Save project downloads a file you can keep and open here again. That file holds every row, so send readers the copied pack instead.
Questions about this tool
What happens when an item goes below zero?
The row that caused it is flagged with how many it is short and what last changed the count, and the CSV's Check column says the same. The pack lists only items still short at the chapter you choose, so a shortage that a later row repays stays on its row and in the CSV but is not in the copied pack. Nothing is blocked, so you can still copy and export. Fix it by changing the wrong row or adding the gain you forgot.
How are rows in the same chapter ordered?
Top to bottom. Open a row to move it earlier or later in its chapter, and use Scene or note to say which scene it belongs to. Each row shows the count right after it, so you can follow a chapter scene by scene, but the pack itself is always shown at the end of a chapter. Chapter 0 is the start of the story.
Does it track equipped gear, or more than one character?
It tracks gear, and one pack per timeline. Equipped items are listed apart from what is carried, and an equipped item that leaves the pack stops being equipped. A transfer row names who gave or took the item, but that person's own inventory is not tracked. For a second character, save this project and start another. Quantities are whole numbers, and a timeline holds up to 500 rows.
Where is my timeline saved?
In this browser on this device, once you change something. Nothing is uploaded and there is no account. That copy is not a backup: clearing site data or changing device loses it, and a private window may not keep it at all. Save project downloads a JSON file you can keep and open here again. Anyone you send that file to can read every row, so send readers the copied pack instead.
Can I import this into the WriteIDE app?
No. The app does not read these files, and its spreadsheet import does not bring in inventory. WriteIDE has its own inventory, which records items, quantities, trades, and equipment at the scene where they change. Use this timeline as your reference and carry the items over by hand.
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