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The award-winning tabletop podcast returns to playtest Threadspinner, the Souls-inspired afterlife mapping RPG from the makers of EIDOLON! 🎧 podcast.undertow.cards 🫶 patreon.undertow.cards 📖 eidolon.undertow.cards 💬 discord.undertow.cards

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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 14/09/2026
Sorry folks, due to technical difficulties SPARK #5 will be delayed until Tuesday! As an apology bonus, here's a sneak preview of the next great Threadspinner FLAME map from Ty!
Ever-Autumn Island in Papier-mâché, by Tyberius Wilson
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 17/08/2026
It never stops raining, and the rain is scaldingly hot. This is the first thing the Threaded notice as they enter the Coqueral Sea, a Sun region dotted with islands hosting the remnants of a Magnolia-worshipping civilization. Threadspinner FLAME #4 available now. flame.undertow.cards
Flame swallows an armored knight. Art by Tavish Buchanan.
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 30/07/2026
Here's all three official Threadspinner GLOW character portraits by @installationwizard.art! A queen bee mixologist, a stickbug master thief, and a fae spirit of decay... what other creatures could exist in the afterlife of all bugs?
Three anthropomorphic characters. A bee with a weathered crown carrying a liquor cabinet on her back. A stickbug with a collar of spectral aphids. A mushroom with a rotting core revealing a spool of thread.
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 29/07/2026
We have official Threadspinner GLOW character art by @installationwizard.art! Stan Stickley is a Master Thief who willingly died to steal the afterlife's greatest treasure! The spectral aphids on his neck communicate with their living relatives back home, allowing Stan to lead his guild back home!
An anthropomorphic stickbug wearing a collar of spectral aphids.
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 22/07/2026
Reverie, the Dream Interpreter, tells stories she heard from the Dream to provoke thought in her undead companions!
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 17/07/2026
We have official Threadspinner GLOW character art by @installationwizard.art! Beyond a fairy ring lies a land of peace and plenty where all fungus think and feel as one. Their fae emissary is Velnias, who has come to the afterlife to steal the Names of dead spirits... especially heroic insects.
Velnias, Fungal Emissary. An orange and brown humanoid mushroom with a rotting core.
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 16/07/2026
Even a tiny little bug can be a GM.... telling tiny little bug stories... heh heh...
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 13/07/2026
Threadspinner is an RPG where Wrath is a resource that can be spent on a chance to draw one of 22 Tarot forecasts! Listen to the official playtest at undertow.cards!
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 10/07/2026
We have official Threadspinner GLOW character art by @installationwizard.art! Heiress, Discarded Queen of the Golden Haven, is a former queen bee who now travels the forests with a cabinet of concoctions at her back, mixing potions powerful enough to make you forgive your father!
An anthropomorphic bee wearing a crown and carrying a liquor cabinet as a backpack. Her left wing and crown are damaged, and the crown's ornaments have been stripped. Her cocktail special is a honey-based drink called The Goldrush.
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 26/06/2026
Here is the full character art for Threadspinner FLAME by @garin.bsky.social! Syr Violet, a paladin of art and beauty! Xalatan, a wizard seeking paleozoic magic! Thistle, an executed traitor still chained to her crime! Listen to their adventures through the afterlife at flame.undertow.cards!
A paladin with braided hair and vine-decorated armor, a wizard with a large hat and broad blasting rod, and a large woman wearing chains and wielding an axe.
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 25/06/2026
Threadspinner is a TTRPG where the players create the villains that they fight! Listen to Threadspinner SPARK at spark.undertow.cards!
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 24/06/2026
Xalatan the Conjurer was an unpopular student at magic school, but he conquered his tormentors with his incredible intelligence! Listen to Threadspinner FLAME at flame.undertow.cards!
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 23/06/2026
Warfare changed forever when Dr. Lorien Lovejoy invented chemical gas that rendered an entire battlefield silent and dead in a matter of minutes. Now, the Doctor who killed a generation prepares to unleash even greater horrors on The Wake. Listen to Threadspinner SPARK at spark.undertow.cards
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 19/06/2026
Thistle, the Bastard Daughter, was executed for sedition, insurrection, and the murder of Duke Aldous's only son. In the land of the dead, her prisoner's chains still bind her, but also give her the power to replicate her greatest crime. Such is the fate of the Executed. Art by @garin.bsky.social
A large menacing woman wearing chains and wielding an axe.
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 17/06/2026
"The only thing nobles ever did was lie, steal, and kill. I can do all that just fine, birthright or no birthright."
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 16/06/2026
Long ago, the Razorback King conquered Loromir with the power of flame. The country and its King faded into myth, and their spirits passed into the afterlife. Now, the Razorback King rises again, gathering power to set aflame even the land of the dead—unless the Threadspinner's Guild can stop him.
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 12/06/2026
Bring It on (2000) truly is a rich palette for heartbreaking lesbian fanfiction!
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 12/06/2026
Xalatan, Sage of Wind and Shadow, seeks to extract magical power from the Great Dying that killed 85% of life on Earth long ago. Even in the land of the dead, all fear the blasting rod of this apocalyptic Conjurer. Listen to Threadspinner FLAME at flame.undertow.cards Art by @garin.bsky.social
A wizard armed with a magical sports bat.
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 10/06/2026
"All Desires are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things. As long as I am my mind, I am those Desires, those needs, wants, attachments and aversions. Apart from them, there is no I."
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 09/06/2026
Stan Stickley, known by many other names, is a stickbug Master Thief who chose to die in order to steal the afterlife's greatest treasure! Listen to his adventures at glow.undertow.cards!
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 05/06/2026
Syr Violet honors her goddess of love and beauty by freeing the true hearts of all those she strikes with her holy blade. Although she died young, she has spent many years as a Hero in the land of the dead. Listen to Threadspinner FLAME at flame.undertow.cards Art by @garin.bsky.social
A knight with braided hair and armor decorated with beautiful plants.
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 02/06/2026
"Art is the truth behind the truth. The Coiling Vine saw what I was and helped shape what I am. Through my service, I will discover what I'm meant to be."
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 02/06/2026
Love the Uncut uses her blade magic to wield a sword like a gun! Pressed into the afterlife-ruling Threadspinner's Guild as punishment for her crimes, she quests for meaning in the capital city of the dead! Threadspinner SPARK is available now at undertow.cards!
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 25/05/2026
Xalatan, Sage of Wind and Shadow, seeks magical power from before the age of the dinosaurs! Threadspinner FLAME, the medieval-themed playtest of the Souls-inspired afterlife exploration RPG Threadspinner, is available now at undertow.cards!
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 20/05/2026
🎶 0 - The Fugitive's First Dance by @maxknightley.bsky.social Threadspinner GLOW cover art by @boocanan.bsky.social
Three tiny adventures explore a bioluminescent forest.
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 20/05/2026
In the walls of the Threadspinner's Guild exists a vast civilization of insects and small creatures touched by the magic of Thread. A part-time bartender with royal blood, a lord of thieves, and a sentient fungus explore this secret kingdom. Threadspinner GLOW premieres June 8 at undertow.cards!
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 13/05/2026
🎶 17 - If It's Not Your Lucky Day, At Least It's Always Someone Else's by @maxknightley.bsky.social Threadspinner Spark Cover Art by @boocanan.bsky.social
Threadspinner SPARK cover art. A golden city with modern and classical elements shines against the dsrkness.
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 13/05/2026
In the heart of The Wake stands Mother-of-All, the capital city governed by the Threadspinners. A young film starlet, her bodyguard, and a disgraced Threadspinner seeking to write her biography dive into the city's endless layers of secrets. Threadspinner SPARK debuts June 1 at undertow.cards!
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 06/05/2026
🎶 13 - Death Beyond Death by @maxknightley.bsky.social Cover Art by @boocanan.bsky.social Threadspinner FLAME is the first campaign of Threadspinner Playtest, and takes inspiration primarily from Elden Ring and the Dark Souls franchise. Subscribe now at undertow.cards!
Threadspinner FLAME cover art. A helmeted knight is engulfed by flames!
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 06/05/2026
The Threadspinner's Guild recruits three undead adventurers to explore the spirits of long-dead kingdoms: a paladin of love and creation, a wizard seeking primordial power, and an executed traitor whose chains compel supplication. Threadspinner FLAME premieres May 25 at undertow.cards!
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 01/05/2026
On top of that, the next three Wednesdays we will reveal the cover art, opening music, and premise of each Threadspinner Playtest campaign! Threadspinner FLAME 🔥 Reveal May 6 Threadspinner SPARK ⚡️ Reveal May 13 Threadspinner GLOW 🪲 Reveal May 20 Thank you for supporting Drawn from the Undertow!
Drawn from the Undertow cards icon designed by Tavish Buchanan @boocanan.bsky.social
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 01/05/2026
The next three Mondays of DftU will be GM postmortems of the latest Eidolon miniseries, hosted by Crystal! Monday, May 4: ISLAND/FLASHBACK/ADULT Postmortem (Crystal & Maxie) Monday, May 11: ROMANCE/+MACHINE Postmortem (Crystal, Iris, Zoe) Monday, May 18: TOOL/PROTO Postmortem (Crystal, Mike, Luke)
Collage of Eidolon miniseries covers.
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 01/05/2026
And on that note, we're announcing that Threadspinner Playtest will consist of not two, but three long-form campaigns: Threadspinner FLAME 🔥 Iris, Maxie, Tyberius 🔥 Debut May 25 Threadspinner SPARK ⚡️ Crystal, Morgan, Zoe ⚡️ Debut June 1 Threadspinner GLOW 🪲 Lexi, Mike, Molly 🪲 Debut June 8
Threadspinner Logo
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 01/05/2026
First off, please enjoy Drawn from the Undertow's new cover art, designed by @boocanan.bsky.social!
Drawn from the Undertow cover art. A weathered yellow tarot card and wordmark are layered over shiny chrome tarot cards. A blue banner on the left reads "Drawn from the Undertow, the award-winning TTRPG foundry behind EIDOLON Become Your Best Self + Playtest +++ Threadspinner".
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 28/04/2026
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 28/04/2026
Threadspinner now has an official logo designed by @boocanan.bsky.social!
Threadspinner logo. A weathered gothic font is connected by multicolored threads.
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 21/04/2026
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 16/04/2026
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 30/03/2026
The World has been removed from the Fate Deck. The Sun has been removed from the Fate Deck. The Magician has been removed from the Fate Deck. Strength has been removed from the Fate Deck. The Star is still in the Fate Deck; its light burns dim. Eidolon PROTO premieres tomorrow at undertow.cards!
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 24/03/2026
Eidolon PROTO Cover Art by @boocanan.bsky.social
A helmeted motorcyclist rides away from a corrupted digital background.
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 20/02/2026
Within the ruins of a once-bustling metropolis, the mysterious "H." hosts a demolition derby to the death! Over four rounds, teams will battle for the right to claim any prize their heart desires from the reality-bending Lateralus. Eidolon TOOL premieres March 2. art by @boocanan.bsky.social
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 10/01/2026
Getting an early start on artwork for Threadspinner
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 07/01/2026
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 02/01/2026
The Terran Alliance has ruled space unchallenged for 30 years. The last two Leviathans lie in hibernation, hoping worthy pilots will awaken their Eidolon Drives. If these lost weapons ever rise, Earth will no longer be safe. Eidolon + MACHINE premieres January 19. art by @boocanan.bsky.social
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 28/12/2025
Pursue your animal urges by grabbing EIDOLON 2E while it's 80% off!
THE BEAST
"My Eidolon helps me pursue my animal urges by [blank]."

You're an... animal? Well technically we're all animals I guess. But you're, y'know, not a human. Can animals even have Eidolons? I mean, you have one, so... yeah, I guess they can. Awakening to your Eidolon has vastly expanded your mental faculties, but you're still fundamentally a creature driven by instinct. Maybe we all are, but you're more honest about it. Spread your wings, bare your teeth, and do what comes natural.

Range: 20 Feet
3 POW 2 ELE 1 GEN 1 GLAM 2 BIZ

When you play your resonant card, apply the following Forecast: "You silence your conscious thoughts and let instinct guide you to victory."
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 21/12/2025
EIDOLON's combat is designed first and foremost with an eye toward building a compelling dramatic arc! Short-term victories make enemies more powerful, more deadly, and more desperate, pushing them to further and further extremes until the players reach a moment of climactic triumph!
JIMMY BADGUY
EIDOLON: MONSTER MASH
“My Eidolon warps reality by making it more like an old
monster movie.”

CRASH 0: Jimmy attacks the party with a
switchblade; Jimmy must be disarmed.

CRASH 1: Jimmy summons MONSTER
MASH, a giant mummy, and attacks the party
with his Eidolon’s brute force; MONSTER
MASH must be physically subdued.

CRASH 2: MONSTER MASH activates its
ability, making the world black-and-white
and silent, and unleashes powerful mummy
magic; MONSTER MASH must either be
escaped or subdued, using the logic of
a monster movie, while Jimmy tries to
interfere.

CRASH 3: Jimmy digs deep, unlocking
a new form for MONSTER MASH: instead of
just a mummy, it is now an entire gang of classic movie
monsters: a vampire, a wolfman, and a swamp monster,
and they all attack the party together; either the monsters
or Jimmy himself must be defeated once and for all.

CRASH 4: Defeated.
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 15/12/2025
My Eidolon warps reality around me by selling Eidolon 2E at 80% off for the whole month of December!
THE CONDUCTOR
“My Eidolon warps reality around me by ________________.”

You’re the life of the party. You instantly change the energy of any room you walk into, and the world seems to just... play by different rules when it comes to you. And that’s before we talk about your Eidolon, which literally warps reality around you. You’re so damn
charming that sometimes it can be a little hard for you to turn it off. Still, anyone looking to have a good time should stick close to you.
Plug in, switch on, and let the power flow.

At creation, answer the following question: Why does everyone you meet like you so much?

Range: 15 Feet
1 POW 1 ELE 2 GEN 3 GLAM 2 BIZ

When you play your resonant card, apply the following Forecast: “You raise your baton to strike up the band.” Issue one command: everything currently in your zone of influence must follow it, until the assigned task is complete or the scene ends. 

When you play your dissonant card, apply the following Forecast: “Life is a stage, and you’ve forgotten all your lines.” For as long as your dissonant card is in the discard pile, any time you Dazzle someone, do not draw; instead, the GM will act as though you played The Moon.
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 13/12/2025
Did you know that EIDOLON 2E is 80% off for the whole month of December? Now that's getting what you want at a price you 𝑐𝑎𝑛 afford!
15. The Devil
Polarity: Negative
Forecast: You get what you want at a price you
can’t afford.

The Devil represents temptation and the unbound id. Its
Forecast is a bit of an odd duck among the negative Forecasts,
because it explicitly states that the player gets what they
want. However, their success comes coupled with a negative
consequence, which in most cases should hurt more than
the success helped. When possible, the “price” paid should
be directly tied to the player’s action, as an unintended
consequence of their success. It may be a price extracted from
the player themselves, or from someone they care about.
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 03/12/2025
When her young cousin Andy overindulges at a contentious hockey game, D.G. is forced to step up as a responsible adult. Eidolon Playtest is available on all podcast platforms!
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Drawn from the Undertow🏳️‍⚧️ @undertow.cards · 23/11/2025
Kierra Tight hosts a Thanksgiving dinner, hoping to impress Sarah Grape, the woman who raised her. Sarah brings a surprise that will change everything for Kierra’s best friend D.G., while their mooching neighbor Oxley might have finally bit off more than he can chew.
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