Ink & Mayhem · Printable Play Aids

Pressure Trackers

Two layouts for the five Season-scale GM timers from Chapter Ten, Consequences Without Death: a per-PC sheet (one page per toon, portrait) and a Season-master sheet (all PCs at a glance, landscape). Thresholds are the ones in Chapter Ten.

INK & MAYHEM · Per-PC Pressure Tracker
☐ Top Billed ☐ Featured ☐ Supporting ☐ In the Back
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Audience Slump A PC earns 0 Audience Favor for three consecutive Episodes, or their spotlight scenes end with Audience Reaction below 0 for three consecutive Episodes.
Threshold: 3 ticks If reached: The Network opens a Cancellation Arc for that PC. The next Episode must give them a chance to win the Audience back. If they do not earn Audience Favor in that Episode, the Season Finale must address whether they are renewed, demoted to background work, or sent to a real job until a return arc.
Tab Crisis A PC’s unpaid tab exceeds 1,000 PC, or exceeds 500 PC for three consecutive Episodes after session-end deductions.
Threshold: 3 ticks If reached: The Prop Department freezes special requisitions. Rarity 4+ items require a scene with Murgatroyd, the Executive, or a debt collector. The PC must pay down the tab, perform a humiliating make-good short, or risk forced hiatus.
Standards Watch A PC receives three Standards Board flags in a Season.
Threshold: 3 ticks If reached: Crust schedules a contract review. The PC’s next Fourth-Wall or Performance Breakthrough is audited; if it fails to land, the PC loses one Audience Favor tick and the gag is retired for the Season.
Bond Collapse A PC pair reaches -3 and refuses any reconciliation, rivalry, or shared scene for two Episodes.
Threshold: 2 ticks If reached: The writers split their scenes, reducing both PCs’ opportunities to assist each other. The next Season must either repair, formalize, or retire the relationship.
Want Stagnation A PC’s Want has not appeared in three Episodes.
Threshold: 3 ticks If reached: The GM frames the next cold open around that Want. If the player rejects the hook, the Want is rewritten at Hiatus.

Episode Notes

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  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Hiatus / End-of-Season

  • ☐ All thresholds reviewed.
  • ☐ Cancellation Arc resolved (if Audience Slump triggered).
  • ☐ Tab paid down, Standards record audited, Bonds reconciled or formalised.
  • ☐ Want progressed, rewritten, or carried forward.
INK & MAYHEM · KAOSWEAVER, INC. Pressure Tracker · v1 · Per-PC
INK & MAYHEM · Per-PC Pressure Tracker
☐ Top Billed ☐ Featured ☐ Supporting ☐ In the Back
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Audience Slump A PC earns 0 Audience Favor for three consecutive Episodes, or their spotlight scenes end with Audience Reaction below 0 for three consecutive Episodes.
Threshold: 3 ticks If reached: The Network opens a Cancellation Arc for that PC. The next Episode must give them a chance to win the Audience back. If they do not earn Audience Favor in that Episode, the Season Finale must address whether they are renewed, demoted to background work, or sent to a real job until a return arc.
Tab Crisis A PC’s unpaid tab exceeds 1,000 PC, or exceeds 500 PC for three consecutive Episodes after session-end deductions.
Threshold: 3 ticks If reached: The Prop Department freezes special requisitions. Rarity 4+ items require a scene with Murgatroyd, the Executive, or a debt collector. The PC must pay down the tab, perform a humiliating make-good short, or risk forced hiatus.
Standards Watch A PC receives three Standards Board flags in a Season.
Threshold: 3 ticks If reached: Crust schedules a contract review. The PC’s next Fourth-Wall or Performance Breakthrough is audited; if it fails to land, the PC loses one Audience Favor tick and the gag is retired for the Season.
Bond Collapse A PC pair reaches -3 and refuses any reconciliation, rivalry, or shared scene for two Episodes.
Threshold: 2 ticks If reached: The writers split their scenes, reducing both PCs’ opportunities to assist each other. The next Season must either repair, formalize, or retire the relationship.
Want Stagnation A PC’s Want has not appeared in three Episodes.
Threshold: 3 ticks If reached: The GM frames the next cold open around that Want. If the player rejects the hook, the Want is rewritten at Hiatus.

Episode Notes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Hiatus / End-of-Season

  • ☐ All thresholds reviewed.
  • ☐ Cancellation Arc resolved (if Audience Slump triggered).
  • ☐ Tab paid down, Standards record audited, Bonds reconciled or formalised.
  • ☐ Want progressed, rewritten, or carried forward.
INK & MAYHEM · KAOSWEAVER, INC. Pressure Tracker · v1 · Per-PC
INK & MAYHEM · Per-PC Pressure Tracker
☐ Top Billed ☐ Featured ☐ Supporting ☐ In the Back
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Audience Slump A PC earns 0 Audience Favor for three consecutive Episodes, or their spotlight scenes end with Audience Reaction below 0 for three consecutive Episodes.
Threshold: 3 ticks If reached: The Network opens a Cancellation Arc for that PC. The next Episode must give them a chance to win the Audience back. If they do not earn Audience Favor in that Episode, the Season Finale must address whether they are renewed, demoted to background work, or sent to a real job until a return arc.
Tab Crisis A PC’s unpaid tab exceeds 1,000 PC, or exceeds 500 PC for three consecutive Episodes after session-end deductions.
Threshold: 3 ticks If reached: The Prop Department freezes special requisitions. Rarity 4+ items require a scene with Murgatroyd, the Executive, or a debt collector. The PC must pay down the tab, perform a humiliating make-good short, or risk forced hiatus.
Standards Watch A PC receives three Standards Board flags in a Season.
Threshold: 3 ticks If reached: Crust schedules a contract review. The PC’s next Fourth-Wall or Performance Breakthrough is audited; if it fails to land, the PC loses one Audience Favor tick and the gag is retired for the Season.
Bond Collapse A PC pair reaches -3 and refuses any reconciliation, rivalry, or shared scene for two Episodes.
Threshold: 2 ticks If reached: The writers split their scenes, reducing both PCs’ opportunities to assist each other. The next Season must either repair, formalize, or retire the relationship.
Want Stagnation A PC’s Want has not appeared in three Episodes.
Threshold: 3 ticks If reached: The GM frames the next cold open around that Want. If the player rejects the hook, the Want is rewritten at Hiatus.

Episode Notes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Hiatus / End-of-Season

  • ☐ All thresholds reviewed.
  • ☐ Cancellation Arc resolved (if Audience Slump triggered).
  • ☐ Tab paid down, Standards record audited, Bonds reconciled or formalised.
  • ☐ Want progressed, rewritten, or carried forward.
INK & MAYHEM · KAOSWEAVER, INC. Pressure Tracker · v1 · Per-PC
INK & MAYHEM · Per-PC Pressure Tracker
☐ Top Billed ☐ Featured ☐ Supporting ☐ In the Back
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Audience Slump A PC earns 0 Audience Favor for three consecutive Episodes, or their spotlight scenes end with Audience Reaction below 0 for three consecutive Episodes.
Threshold: 3 ticks If reached: The Network opens a Cancellation Arc for that PC. The next Episode must give them a chance to win the Audience back. If they do not earn Audience Favor in that Episode, the Season Finale must address whether they are renewed, demoted to background work, or sent to a real job until a return arc.
Tab Crisis A PC’s unpaid tab exceeds 1,000 PC, or exceeds 500 PC for three consecutive Episodes after session-end deductions.
Threshold: 3 ticks If reached: The Prop Department freezes special requisitions. Rarity 4+ items require a scene with Murgatroyd, the Executive, or a debt collector. The PC must pay down the tab, perform a humiliating make-good short, or risk forced hiatus.
Standards Watch A PC receives three Standards Board flags in a Season.
Threshold: 3 ticks If reached: Crust schedules a contract review. The PC’s next Fourth-Wall or Performance Breakthrough is audited; if it fails to land, the PC loses one Audience Favor tick and the gag is retired for the Season.
Bond Collapse A PC pair reaches -3 and refuses any reconciliation, rivalry, or shared scene for two Episodes.
Threshold: 2 ticks If reached: The writers split their scenes, reducing both PCs’ opportunities to assist each other. The next Season must either repair, formalize, or retire the relationship.
Want Stagnation A PC’s Want has not appeared in three Episodes.
Threshold: 3 ticks If reached: The GM frames the next cold open around that Want. If the player rejects the hook, the Want is rewritten at Hiatus.

Episode Notes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Hiatus / End-of-Season

  • ☐ All thresholds reviewed.
  • ☐ Cancellation Arc resolved (if Audience Slump triggered).
  • ☐ Tab paid down, Standards record audited, Bonds reconciled or formalised.
  • ☐ Want progressed, rewritten, or carried forward.
INK & MAYHEM · Season-Master Pressure Tracker
PC 1PC 2PC 3PC 4PC 5PC 6
Audience Slump Threshold: 3
Tab Crisis Threshold: 3
Standards Watch Threshold: 3
Bond Collapse Threshold: 2
Want Stagnation Threshold: 3

How to Use

Each cell contains an Episode-by-Episode tick row for one PC and one pressure track. Mark a dot when the corresponding trigger condition advances by one Episode. The highlighted dot marks the threshold; the moment a track is filled to that point, apply the consequence per Chapter Ten, Consequences Without Death.

  • Audience Slump. A PC earns 0 Audience Favor for three consecutive Episodes, or their spotlight scenes end with Audience Reaction below 0 for three consecutive Episodes.
  • Tab Crisis. A PC’s unpaid tab exceeds 1,000 PC, or exceeds 500 PC for three consecutive Episodes after session-end deductions.
  • Standards Watch. A PC receives three Standards Board flags in a Season.
  • Bond Collapse. A PC pair reaches -3 and refuses any reconciliation, rivalry, or shared scene for two Episodes.
  • Want Stagnation. A PC’s Want has not appeared in three Episodes.