Eidolon Playtest

🎶 17 - If It's Not Your Lucky Day, At Least It's Always Someone Else's by Max Knightley 🎶 ⚡️ Threadspinner SPARK ⚡️Crystal as The Dream Interpreter: Reverie, the Waking DreamerMorgan as The Blade Magician: Love the UncutZoe as The Divinity: Magnolia KaneGM: LukeEditor: LukeIn the heart of The Wake stands Mother-of-All, the capital city governed by the Threadspinners. Peoples of all places and ages populate its crowded streets; turn down this alley and you will find yourself in a lost city of legend, while that thoroughfare will take you to a district built with technology not yet invented in your time. A young film starlet, her bodyguard, and a disgraced Threadspinner seeking to write her biography dive deep into the city's endless layers of secrets and subterfuge.Threadspinner SPARK is the second campaign of Threadspinner Playtest, and takes inspiration from Bloodborne and Lies of P. SPARK will run for approximately 20-25 episodes, released once every three weeks.

🎶 13 - Death Beyond Death by Max Knightley 🎶 🔥 Threadspinner FLAME 🔥Iris as The Hero: Syr Violete, Knight of the Coiled VineMaxie as The Executed: Thistle, the Bastard DaughterTyberius as The Conjurer: Xalatan, Sage of Wind and ShadowGM: LukeEditor: IrisTo tame the endless chaos of the Wake, 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 is the first campaign of Threadspinner Playtest, and takes inspiration primarily from Elden Ring and the Dark Souls franchise. FLAME will run for approximately 20-25 episodes, released once every three weeks.

Crystal and Maxie sit down for a candid discussion about their recent miniseries! They discuss their creative influences, GMing techniques, proudest moments, and lessons learned. Learn the secrets behind your favorite series, and listen to Crystal and Maxie philosophize on what it means to be an adult!Plus, since Maxie is our composer, we talk about the miniseries themes, and the upcoming music for Threadspinner Playtest! Remember to pick up the Official Soundtracks at undertow.cards!Edited by CrystalBuy our book!Support us on Patreon!Join the Discord!

The podcast formerly known as Eidolon Playtest is now Drawn from the Undertow!Welcome to Undertow Update, your monthly newsletter describing what awaits you in the next month of Drawn from the Undertow. This month, we've got a lot!Threadspinner is now ready for a full playtest, and we're going to do it in not one, not two, but three long-form campaigns that will serve as the backbone of this podcast for the next year and a half:Threadspinner FLAMEPlayers: Iris, Maxie, TyberiusGM: LukeEditor: IrisThreadspinner SPARKPlayers: Crystal, Morgan, ZoeGM: LukeEditor: LukeThreadspinner GLOWPlayers: Lexi, Mike, MollyGM: LukeEditor: MikeMay is going to be a transitional month between Eidolon and Threadspinner, where we will look back on the latest round of Eidolon miniseries while rolling out details about Threadspinner Playtest, which will officially debut on May 25th! The full schedule is below:Monday, May 4: Eidolon ISLAND/FLASHBACK/ADULT GM Postmortem with Crystal and MaxieWednesday, May 6: We will reveal the cover art, opening music, and premise of Threadspinner FLAME!Monday, May 11: Eidolon ROMANCE/+MACHINE GM Postmortem with Crystal, Iris, and ZoeWednesday, May 13: We will reveal the cover art, opening music, and premise of Threadspinner SPARK!Monday, May 18: Eidolon TOOL/PROTO GM Postmortem with Crystal, Luke, and MikeWednesday, May 20: We will reveal the cover art, opening music, and premise of Threadspinner GLOW!Monday, May 25: Threadspinner FLAME Session #0Monday, June 1: Threadspinner SPARK Session #0Monday, June 8: Threadspinner GLOW Session #0Welcome to the podcast, Morgan!Morgan is joining as a permanent cast member of Drawn from the Undertow! Everyone loved her performance in Eidolon ADULT, and we're lucky to have her as part of Threadspinner SPARK!Why rename the podcast?We're not playing EIDOLON in the near future, so "Eidolon Playtest" isn't really accurate. But we're also not done with EIDOLON forever, and more RPGs will come in the future, so "Threadspinner Playtest" would only be temporarily accurate. Instead of changing the name over and over, we're using a permanent name that is inclusive of EIDOLON, Threadspinner, and everything else that we do: Drawn from the Undertow.Why three campaigns?In the past, we split our 9 non-GM players into groups of 4 and 5. We noticed that the 5-player groups consistently struggled to keep up the pace and give each character equal spotlight. For the recent round of Eidolon miniseries, we experimented with 3-player groups and found that they reliably avoided the frictions of larger groups. In addition, 3-player groups are easier both to schedule and to edit.With 3 players in each campaign, FLAME, SPARK, and GLOW will be smoother and more consistent productions than our previous long-form series. We're also using these three campaigns to showcase the thematic diversity that Threadspinner can offer. We hope that each one has a different style and dynamic!

Our heroes, newly reunited, at last confront the heart of The Machine, learn its true purpose, and fight for the future of the human race.🎶 This city now will fade awayIt's crying out, it's much too lateThis city now won't last the nightDon't let it die without a fight 🎶CREDITS:Molly Rhinebeck as Cascade IncursionIris Christianson as Tacit DragoonCrystal Zaslavchik as WiFi XLuke Varner as The GMEdited by Luke VarnerMusic by Max KnightleyCover Art by Tavish BuchananContent Warnings: Authoritarian oppression, dismemberment, body horror, dissociation, gaslighting.Buy our book!Support us on Patreon!Join the Discord!

Mike sits down with Molly and Crystal to talk about their all-time favorite band and the inspiration behind Eidolon TOOL, the seminal prog-metal band Tool! The Long Song Pervert has logged on and they will not be logging off!Listen to the playlist here!Edited by IrisThis episode is possible thanks to all $3 and up Patreon subscribers! If you're listening to the 5-minute preview of this episode, then you can listen to the full episode by subscribing today!

This month, we work on filling in some gaps that we left out of Draft 1 of Threadspinner, since making it ready for Session 0 was more important than getting every single aspect of it finished. Specifically, we further build on what it takes to develop an Artifact, and work up elevator pitches for the 22 types of Devils that players can encounter when they allow their Malaise to climb too high.

WiFi X turns against its friends, no longer certain of what it believes in, its faith in the path of the hero lost. As the revolutionaries battle on the ground floor, the Machine's most loyal servant waits patiently for the winner to meet her on the 50th floor, for the Machine's Inventors to bare witness to the final battle.🎶 Do not say this is how it has to be 🎶CREDITS:Molly Rhinebeck as Cascade IncursionIris Christianson as Tacit DragoonCrystal Zaslavchik as WiFi XLuke Varner as The GMEdited by Iris ChristiansonMusic by Max KnightleyCover Art by Tavish BuchananContent Warnings: Authoritarian oppression, dismemberment, body horror, dissociation, gaslighting.Buy our book!Support us on Patreon!Join the Discord!

Cast deep into the bowels of The Machine, our heroes race to climb back to the ground floor before they're incinerated, taunted all the while by Tacit's long-lost wife, who has joined The Machine for reasons unknown.🎶 If there's a way out of this somebody tell me nowI know it's all gonna end but I swear I don't know howYou keep outrunning your past 'til it hunts you down 🎶CREDITS:Molly Rhinebeck as Cascade IncursionIris Christianson as Tacit DragoonCrystal Zaslavchik as WiFi XLuke Varner as The GMEdited by Luke VarnerMusic by Max KnightleyCover Art by Tavish BuchananContent Warnings: Authoritarian oppression, dismemberment, body horrors, spiders.Buy our book!Support us on Patreon!Join the Discord!

The City's villain taunts the heroes as they retreat to the wasteland beyond The Machine's domain. 🎶 You can try and deny but your heart knows the soundYou can hear them calling out 🎶CREDITS:Molly Rhinebeck as Cascade IncursionIris Christianson as Tacit DragoonCrystal Zaslavchik as WiFi XLuke Varner as The GMEdited by Iris ChristiansonMusic by Max KnightleyCover Art by Tavish BuchananContent Warnings: Authoritarian oppression, references to suicide, burn injury.Buy our book!Support us on Patreon!Join the Discord!

Three heroes stand in the rain-soaked junkyard on the outskirts of The City. They have reforged themselves into cybernetic beings of pure vengeance, ready to confront The Machine that has enslaved humanity.🎶 There is a flame that I've been fanningThere is a fire waiting to catch 🎶CREDITS:Molly Rhinebeck as Cascade IncursionIris Christianson as Tacit DragoonCrystal Zaslavchik as WiFi XLuke Varner as The GMEdited by Luke VarnerMusic by Max KnightleyCover Art by Tavish BuchananContent Warnings: Authoritarian oppression, gun violence, body horror, dog attacks, child death, mass murder.Buy our book!Support us on Patreon!Join the Discord!

Ace Wizards Arroai the Pragmatic and Nerevin'e Livolias meet The Tower's prior tenant, who reveals numerous construction complications that were not previously disclosed!CREDITS:Max Knightley as Arroai the PragmaticIris Christianson as Nerevin'e LivoliasTyberius Wilson as Xalatan the TriumphantMusic by Max KnightleyEdited by Max Knightley and Crystal ZaslavchikCONTENT WARNING: This episode contains chewing and mouth noises, storm noises, and fireworks noises.This episode is possible thanks to all $10 and up Patreon subscribers! If you're listening to the 5-minute preview of this episode, then you can listen to the full episode by subscribing today!

Eidolon PROTO is the final Eidolon miniseries before we begin our transition to playtesting Threadspinner!Episode Count: 5Crystal as WiFi XMolly as Cascade IncursionIris as Tacit DragoonLuke as The GMThere’s nobody left who remembers a time before The Machine. At least, nobody down here. Up in the tower they say the Inventors, the men that built The Machine, they’re still alive after all these years, dining out on our misery, laughing and feasting and toasting to the despair that reigns down below. The year is 2XX6. In the last century, or maybe the one before, Man learned how to channel lightning into metal to create light, then learned how to channel lightning into stone to create thought. That was the beginning. Every step in human history from that day forward was a step toward the construction of The Machine, though no one knew it yet. Bombs were detonated, bullets fired, minerals extracted, oceans drained. And now, today, we reap the fruits of our ancestors.If the world has survived beyond the City, we’ll never know it; it’s surrounded on all sides by endless wasteland, the ground too cracked and dry to support any life at all, the City’s supplies stretched too thin to support an expedition to find out if it really does go on forever. The City stands as the last bastion of civilization, the last bastion of humanity, the last bastion of life on earth. A garden, mercilessly tended and culled by The Machine, a perfect system of steel and sorrow, a computer brain half again as big as the city that controls every moment of our lives; when we wake, when we sleep, when we work, when we die. The Machine’s control is absolute, enforced by autonomous drones that patrol every corner.This is not a world that can be bent to your will, to anyone’s will but The Machine’s; The World has been removed from the Fate Deck.There is no joy here, no cause for celebration; The Sun has been removed from the Fate Deck.This is not a world where you can achieve the impossible; The Magician has been removed from the Fate Deck.You can never hope to triumph through force over a being as powerful as The Machine; Strength has been removed from the Fate Deck.No, this is a world where Hope Rides Alone, where the only reason anyone has to go on living is the faintest spark, the secret prayer that maybe some day someone, anyone, will rise up, will find a way out of this hell, will bleed and sweat and cry and reveal a new path for the rest of us. The Star is still in the Fate Deck, though its light burns dim.Who would dare stand against The Machine? Does courage even exist in this immiserated age? Even if someone were foolish enough to try, where would they find the raw calories to resist on the starvation diets enforced by The Machine’s brutal government? Who could possibly stand against this? You, of course.It started ten years ago. The Machine is powerful and it sees so much, but its eyes cannot be everywhere. You formed a resistance group, nearly twenty strong now, headquartered out of an old decommissioned sewer tunnel. The work is slow, the cracks in The Machine’s armor so thin that hardly anything can slip through them. There is a junkyard on the outskirts of the city, a vast expanse of discarded mechanical debris, old models of robot enforcers, obsolete components of The Machine that it has discarded without a care. The scrap heap goes on for miles, and in The Machine’s perfect efficiency it has determined that it need not surveil every inch of the space, so long as its walls are high and its guards well-armed.It never counted on you finding a back way in. For two years straight your team dug through the cracked and dusty earth, tunneling from the sewer system to the ground beneath the junkyard. It was grueling, backbreaking work, and smuggling the dirt out to the surface was a near impossible operation on its own. And it was only once the tunnel was completed that you could begin your true work. In the dead of night you scour the junkyard, salvaging anything you can find. By definition, everything here is older, frailer, and weaker than the firepower you intend to use it against. But for all its power, you have one thing The Machine does not: rage.A lifetime of suffering has honed you, forged you, molded you into being of pure vengeance, every cell of your body screaming to tear The Machine apart piece by piece, to drag its black-hearted Inventors through the streets of the city until the asphalt strips their bones bare. The plans were finalized eight years ago, and for eight years you’ve toiled in the dark, soldering components directly to your flesh, wiring weaponry to your heart, replacing your humanity part by part with diesel-fueled, chrome-finished violence, vicious neon screaming for retribution, data sockets bloodthirsty for justice. You are no longer Man, but you are not Machine either. You are something new. A symbol. A symbol that humanity can rally behind. A symbol they can channel their anger through. A symbol for the death of this world and the birth of the next. An avatar of the age itself: an Eidolon.Black stormclouds pulled the sun away hours before nightfall, giving you more time to work. Torrents of rain hammer at the tarp hanging over your work area, the ground trembling with bursts of thunder as you complete the final touches on your new forms, ready, willing, and prepared to fight. Who are you?

In the final round of the demolition derby, our heroes must fight to the death against each other for the chance to make their wish reality!🎶 Praise all the ways we fantasize your endingOnly pray that on the day you see Him coming 🎶CREDITS:Tyberius Wilson as Felicia FuraffinityMolly Rhinebeck as Devlin DripdryCrystal Zaslavchik as DeimiaMike Painter as The GMMusic by Max KnightleyEdited by Crystal ZaslavchikContent Warnings: Desecration of corpses, body horror, choking, and death of an infant.Buy our book!Support us on Patreon!Join the Discord!

Luke gathers Molly, Crystal, and Iris to meditate on the philosophical themes of to The Protomen's first album, a classic of geek culture that reinterprets the Mega Man games as a rock opera! Tune in to the end for a special announcement!Listen to the playlist here!Edited by IrisThis episode is possible thanks to all $3 and up Patreon subscribers! If you're listening to the 5-minute preview of this episode, then you can listen to the full episode by subscribing today!

The sky grows dark and starry in the semifinals of the demolition derby, as H. reveals the true purpose of the event!🎶 Swaying to the rhythm of the new world order 🎶CREDITS:Tyberius Wilson as Felicia FuraffinityMolly Rhinebeck as Devlin DripdryCrystal Zaslavchik as DeimiaMike Painter as The GMMusic by Max KnightleyEdited by Mike PainterContent Warnings: Frequent violence against animals, drowning, and suicidal ideation.Buy our book!Support us on Patreon!Join the Discord!

The time of Threadspinner Playtest is very nearly upon us, which means we need to get the game finished up and ready to play! Let's circle back and talk some more about how "dying" works, and flesh out the mechanics for this game's version of the Phantom Clock! And let's actually play a little Threadspinner to make sure it makes any sense at all!Edited by LukeThis episode is possible thanks to all $3 and up Patreon subscribers! If you're listening to the 5-minute preview of this episode, then you can listen to the full episode by subscribing today!

The competition grows ever fiercer in the second round of the demolition derby, but a new threat emerges that may be beyond H.'s power to control!🎶 Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,livestock of all ages, step right this way.Walk up in the big tent tonight! 🎶CREDITS:Tyberius Wilson as Felicia FuraffinityMolly Rhinebeck as Devlin DripdryCrystal Zaslavchik as DeimiaMike Painter as The GMMusic by Max KnightleyEdited by Mike PainterContent Warnings: Frequent violence against animals.Buy our book!Support us on Patreon!Join the Discord!

Each Region in the Wake is aligned with one of the major arcana, which define what challenges the Threaded will have to face while exploring that land and what conditions they must satisfy to complete their quest.So how does any of that actually work?Edited by LukeThis episode is possible thanks to all $3 and up Patreon subscribers! If you're listening to the 5-minute preview of this episode, then you can listen to the full episode by subscribing today!

A beast-woman, a wet wrestler, and a phobonaut join an occult demolition derby to the death, in the hopes of receiving a prize from the reality-warping Lateralus.🎶 The earth I knew exists no more 🎶CREDITS:Tyberius Wilson as Felicia FuraffinityMolly Rhinebeck as Devlin DripdryCrystal Zaslavchik as DeimiaMike Painter as The GMMusic by Max KnightleyEdited by Crystal ZaslavchikContent Warnings: Frequent violence against animals.Buy our book!Support us on Patreon!Join the Discord!

Iris, Luke, and Maxie discuss the music of Florence + the Machine, the band that inspired Eidolon + MACHINE! Listen to the playlist here!Edited by IrisThis episode is possible thanks to all $3 and up Patreon subscribers! If you're listening to the 5-minute preview of this episode, then you can listen to the full episode by subscribing today!

Iris gathers Molly and Crystal to discuss Mobile Suit Gundam F91, Yoshiyuki Tomino's 1991 feature film which follows a new cast of characters decades after the original Gundam saga. Iris' miniseries Eidolon + MACHINE is significantly inspired by Gundam, and F91 offers one of the most condensed visions of what Gundam is!Edited by CrystalThis episode is possible thanks to all $10 and up Patreon subscribers! If you're listening to the 5-minute preview of this episode, then you can listen to the full episode by subscribing today!

Trapped in a bubble of unstable time and space, the Leviathans and their pilots fight through despair to create a new future.🎶 And I ride in my red dressAnd time stretchеs endless 🎶CREDITS:Lexi Waltner as Dax BurnsideMax Knightley as LákhesisZoe Tunnell as Mayve "Mayday" DaysonLuke Varner as AtroposIris Christianson as The GMMUSIC BY MAX KNIGHTLEYEDITED BY IRIS CHRISTIANSONContent Warnings: Graphic violence and allusions to suicide. Buy our book!Support us on Patreon!Join the Discord!

Mike as The GMCrystal as DeimiaTyberius as Felicia FuraffinityMolly as Devlin DripdryEpisode Count: 4Within the ruins of what was once a bustling metropolis, a mysterious figure known only as H. hosts a special, annual tournament: a demolition derby to the death!Over four rounds, teams will load into customized vehicles of their choosing, armed to the teeth with traditional weaponry, as well as mysterious personalized powers known only as "eidolon," and battle for the right to claim a boon from the one and only Lateralus.While only H. truly knows its secrets, it is said that the Lateralus can rewrite reality however the winner sees fit, granting them any grand prize their heart desires.If the Lateralus is so powerful, you may ask, then why is the world still in such a dire state? The answer should be obvious if you but consider its nature, the nature of its handler, or the nature of anyone capable of winning this contest.

Atropos and Lákhesis finally reunite with their sister, Clotho. After spending decades in Terran captivity, she has her own ideas about how to end the war once and for all. 🎶 Sometimes I think it's getting betterAnd then it gets much worse.Is it just part of the process?Jesus Christ, it hurts. 🎶 CREDITS:Lexi Waltner as Dax BurnsideMax Knightley as LákhesisZoe Tunnell as Mayve "Mayday" DaysonLuke Varner as AtroposIris Christianson as The GMMUSIC BY MAX KNIGHTLEYEDITED BY IRIS CHRISTIANSONContent Warnings: Attempted memory manipulation and physical violence.Buy our book!Support us on Patreon!Join the Discord!

You know what's pretty cool in Eidolon? The Phantom Clock. Threadspinner definitely needs something similar, but what should it look like?Also, Molly told me to include this classic image of Sonic the Hedgehog, for reference later in the episode:Edited by LukeThis episode is possible thanks to all $3 and up Patreon subscribers! If you're listening to the 5-minute preview of this episode, then you can listen to the full episode by subscribing today!

The battle of Titan has been won, but at great cost. While Mayve comes to grips with her new existence as a Leviathan, Dax and Lákhesis work together to find a way to bring an end to the war. 🎶 And is it worth the wait? All this killing time? Are you strong enough to stand Protecting both your heart and mine? 🎶CREDITS: Lexi Waltner as Dax Burnside Max Knightley as Lákhesis Zoe Tunnell as Mayve "Mayday" Dayson Luke Varner as Atropos Iris Christianson as The GM MUSIC BY MAX KNIGHTLEY EDITED BY IRIS CHRISTIANSON Content Warnings: Actions analogous to "spiking" a drink.Buy our book!Support us on Patreon!Join the Discord!

The crew of the Ghost Of Winter rush to save Titan's colonists from a sudden attack by the Terran Alliance. While Dax and Lákhesis work to rally the scattered Outer Sphere forces, Mayve and Atropos reach a tentative agreement to use their power to defend the survivors. Will their compromise survive an encounter with the enemy's Leviathan, or will Mayve's desire for revenge burn Atropos' trust?🎶 Under starry skies we are lostAnd into the breach we get tossedAnd the water's coming in fast 🎶 CREDITS:Lexi Waltner as Dax BurnsideMax Knightley as LákhesisZoe Tunnell as Mayve "Mayday" DaysonLuke Varner as AtroposIris Christianson as The GMMUSIC BY MAX KNIGHTLEYEDITED BY IRIS CHRISTIANSONContent Warnings: Graphic violence, gore, and death by exposure to severe cold.Buy our book!Support us on Patreon!Join the Discord!

NOTHING STOPS THE YEAR OF THREADSPINNER... but winter storms did manage to delay it for a couple days! But now we're back, and ready to wrap up the initial work on the remaining Patterns to get the first draft of Threadspinner ready to playtest!Edited by LukeThis episode is possible thanks to all $3 and up Patreon subscribers! If you're listening to the 5-minute preview of this episode, then you can listen to the full episode by subscribing today!

The crew of the Ghost of Winter plans their next moves now that they have awoken the Leviathans Atropos and Lákhesis, while their pilots try to navigate their new relationships to the machines. A routine refueling stop on Uranus turns deadly when the crew discovers an abandoned fuel station and an ominous drumming from deep within the mists of the gas giant...🎶 I ran to the tower where the church bells chimeI hoped that they would clear my mindThey left a ringing in my earBut that drum's still beating loud and clear 🎶CREDITS:Zoe Tunnell as Mayve "Mayday" DaysonLexi Waltner as Dax BurnsideLuke Varner as AtroposMax Knightley as LákhesisIris Christianson as The GMMUSIC BY MAX KNIGHTLEYEDITED BY LUKE VARNERCONTENT WARNING: This episode features continued discussion of violent dismemberment and depictions of PTSD.Buy our book!Support us on Patreon!Join the Discord!

Crystal, Maxie, Morgan, and Ty get together to talk about the songs referenced in Eidolon ADULT! Learn about the awfulness of John Mayer, the amazing voice of Macy Gray, and the merits and demerits of music that is compatible with shopping!Listen to the playlist here!Edited by IrisThis episode is possible thanks to all $3 and up Patreon subscribers! If you're listening to the 5-minute preview of this episode, then you can listen to the full episode by subscribing today!

Hey we looked at the schedule and realized we were not going NEARLY fast enough to get Threadspinner ready in time for the playtest to start this spring! So, from here on out, we're gonna be doing a lot more off-mic designing, and use these episodes to partially talk through some design questions, but mostly to update y'all on the work we've been doing throughout the week. For instance: last week, we told y'all we'd be designing The Executed this week. Instead, we've designed The Executed, The Mixologist, AND The Divinity! Four down, five to go!Edited by LukeThis episode is possible thanks to all $3 and up Patreon subscribers! If you're listening to the 5-minute preview of this episode, then you can listen to the full episode by subscribing today!

In an secret, underground base on Pluto, two Outer Sphere pilots--Dax Burnside and Mayve "Mayday" Dayson--attempt to revive the slumbering war machines known as Leviathans. However, the Terran Alliance has been developing new weapons of their own. Faced with a threat from which they can no longer hide, the pair are forced to convince their mecha to fight before the last hope of resistance is entirely snuffed out. 🎶 Heaven help me, I need to make it right. 🎶CREDITS: Lexi Waltner as Dax BurnsideMax Knightley as LákhesisZoe Tunnell as Mayve "Mayday" DaysonLuke Varner as AtroposIris Christianson as The GM MUSIC BY MAX KNIGHTLEY EDITED BY IRIS CHRISTIANSON CONTENT WARNINGS: This episode contains trauma related to parental death, amputation, and graphic violence.Buy our book!Support us on Patreon!Join the Discord!

What even is a Hero, anyway? That's what we figure out this episode as we finish the template pattern for Threadspinner, and decide a final list of starting patterns!Edited by LukeThis episode is possible thanks to all $3 and up Patreon subscribers! If you're listening to the 5-minute preview of this episode, then you can listen to the full episode by subscribing today!

The holiday season is over, and the eidolon adults return to sober reality. Kierra, Oxley, and D.G. all meet for dinner at the Tight mansion, where they determine the fates of Andy, Natalie, Macy, Sarah, Thr33 Laws, and themselves.🎶 Jumped into the Chevy, headed for big lightsWanna know the rest? Hey, buy the rights! 🎶CREDITS:Morgan Taylor as Kierra TightTyberius Wilson as Oxley SarbanesMax Knightley as Dignity “D.G.” GraysonCrystal Zaslavchik as The GMMUSIC BY MAX KNIGHTLEYEDITED BY CRYSTAL ZASLAVCHIKCONTENT WARNING: This episode contains anti-immigrant rhetoric, misgendering, cannibalism, and graphic violence.Buy our book!Support us on Patreon!Join the Discord!

Welcome, one and all, to THE YEAR OF THREADSPINNER, starting off with THE MONTH OF THREADSPINNER. We will be releasing new design sessions and new game drafts every week this month as we grind away at getting the game ready to start playtesting this spring!This week, we talk through our ideas for how the combat system should be modified from Eidolon, and revisit equipment to further codify the ideas we've talked about with it previously. We also wrote up a whole to-do list so that we can stop forgetting about what we said we should be working on!Edited by LukeThis episode is possible thanks to all $3 and up Patreon subscribers! If you're listening to the 5-minute preview of this episode, then you can listen to the full episode by subscribing today!

Ace Wizards Arroai the Pragmatic and Ner'evine Livolias hit a creative stumbling block in their quest to renovate the tower of Xalatan the Triumphant. If they wish to reinvigorate their artistic passions, they must seek inspiration from visiting travelers!CREDITS:Max Knightley as Arroai the PragmaticIris Christianson as Ner'evine LivoliasCrystal Zaslavchik as Grand Duchess SelleneLuke Varner as TedMUSIC BY MAX KNIGHTLEYEDITED BY MAX KNIGHTLEY AND CRYSTAL ZASLAVCHIKCONTENT WARNING: This episode contains explosion and gunfire noises.This episode is possible thanks to all $10 and up Patreon subscribers! If you're listening to the 5-minute preview of this episode, then you can listen to the full episode by subscribing today!Status of The Great Tower of Xalatan:1F: Smallfolk Apartments; Front Desk; Ted's Booth2F: Tallfolk Apartments; Biohazard Zone; Healing Fountain; Item Shop; Crafting Lab3F: Goblin Barracks; Meat Pit; "Veggie Pit"; Political Graffiti4F: Arcade Machines; Limp Bizkit; Throne; Portal?5F: Healing Waterfall; Trunk of the World Tree Yggdrasil; Mushroom Village6F: Healing Pond; Enchanted Grove; Crown of the World Tree Yggdrasil7F: Sungrates?Exterior: Vines; CrystalStatus of The Town of Lake Town:Population: 13,004Key Industries: Soy; Horse + Phoenix RanchingFormer Key Industries: Orichalcum Refining; TypewritersPlans: Send ghouls to woods; Purify air with springNew Businesses: Unicorn Hotel; Old Typewriter Factory for lease

In the liminal period of the New Year, Oxley and D.G. both resolve to become their best selves. Kierra continues her quest to ruin the lives of her friends, but can she bring herself to hurt Andy?🎶 Then I see you standing thereWanting more from meAnd all I can do is try 🎶CREDITS:Morgan Taylor as Kierra TightTyberius Wilson as Oxley SarbanesMax Knightley as Dignity “D.G.” GraysonCrystal Zaslavchik as The GMMUSIC BY MAX KNIGHTLEYEDITED BY CRYSTAL ZASLAVCHIKCONTENT WARNING: This episode contains anti-immigrant rhetoric, misgendering, cannibalism, and violence against animals.Buy our book!Support us on Patreon!Join the Discord!

GM: IrisLeviathans: Maxie, LukePilots: Zoe, LexiEpisode Count: 6The year is 2254. The Terran Alliance has ruled space unchallenged for the last 30 years. The Outer Sphere's resistance lies scattered across the Sol System, their military thoroughly annihilated, their adherents quietly forming small communities where they can.But the Outer Sphere preserved one, small hope before they were crushed: a hidden station housing the last two surviving Leviathans. These giant, sentient mecha lie in hibernation, hoping their Eidolon Drives will once again be awakened by worthy pilots.The Terran Alliance has spent these 3 decades hunting these lost weapons down, knowing that if they were to ever rise again, even Earth itself would no longer be safe.

One final podcast for 2025, to ring in The Month of Threadspinner!On this episode, we get serious about how quickly the deadline to a playable first draft of the game is getting, and get cracking on getting this bad boy ready for primetime. We start by working out the details of The Hero, one of the first playbooks—sorry, patterns—we came up with for this game, and in so doing identify the blank spots we still need to fill in.And because there's still a lot of blank spots, we also resolve to (try to) put up a new Design Session every single week in January to get this thing over the finish line!Edited by LukeThis episode is possible thanks to all $3 and up Patreon subscribers! If you're listening to the 5-minute preview of this episode, then you can listen to the full episode by subscribing today!

Iris, Mike, and Crystal discuss a film that has been repeatedly referenced on Eidolon Playlist: Don Bluth and Gary Goldman's 2000 animated science fiction cult classic Titan A.E.!Edited by IrisThis episode is possible thanks to all $10 and up Patreon subscribers! If you're listening to the 5-minute preview of this episode, then you can listen to the full episode by subscribing today!

D.G.’s personal life falls apart on New Year’s Eve, the busiest night of the year for Thr33 Laws. Kierra attempts to bust the bar’s union, while Oxley plays hockey to clear his mind of his relationship anxieties.🎶 Listen as your day unfoldsChallenge what the future holdsTry and keep your head up to the sky 🎶CREDITS:Morgan Taylor as Kierra TightTyberius Wilson as Oxley SarbanesMax Knightley as Dignity “D.G.” GraysonCrystal Zaslavchik as The GMMUSIC BY MAX KNIGHTLEYEDITED BY CRYSTAL ZASLAVCHIKCONTENT WARNING: This episode contains racial insensitivity, misogynistic language, misgendering, alcohol abuse, cannibalism, and references to suicide.Buy our book!Support us on Patreon!Join the Discord!

Molly, Zoe and Iris get together to talk about one of the bands of all time: My Chemical Romance. Get ready for shocking betrayals, an unlikely alliance, Zoe's special knife, and brief digression where Iris' friends explain Fall Out Boy to her.Listen to the playlist here!Edited by IrisThis episode is possible thanks to all $3 and up Patreon subscribers! If you're listening to the 5-minute preview of this episode, then you can listen to the full episode by subscribing today!

Kierra and Oxley try to make their new relationship work, despite the pressures of the Christmas season. Andy consults Kierra for gender advice, and D.G. struggles to protect her daughter while staying ahead of the law.🎶 Turn it inside out so I can seeThe part of you that's drifting over me 🎶CREDITS:Morgan Taylor as Kierra ArugulaTyberius Wilson as Oxley SarbanesMax Knightley as Dignity “D.G.” GraysonCrystal Zaslavchik as The GMMUSIC BY MAX KNIGHTLEYEDITED BY CRYSTAL ZASLAVCHIKCONTENT WARNING: This episode contains police intimidation, cuckoldry, and gore.Buy our book!Support us on Patreon!Join the Discord!

Kierra and Natalie each suffer a terrible misfortune that diminishes their spirits. To cheer them up, Oxley and D.G. take them to Sarah’s Hanukkah celebration, where everybody learns what it truly means to be in a relationship.🎶 I'm all out of faith, this is how I feelI'm cold and I am shamed, lying naked on the floorIllusion never changed into something realI'm wide awake and I can see the perfect sky is torn 🎶CREDITS:Morgan Taylor as Kierra TightTyberius Wilson as Oxley SarbanesMax Knightley as Dignity “D.G.” GraysonCrystal Zaslavchik as The GMMUSIC BY MAX KNIGHTLEYEDITED BY CRYSTAL ZASLAVCHIKBuy our book!Support us on Patreon!Join the Discord!

Mitt Broccoli hosts a Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day concert in the park, counter-programmed by Natalie Arugula’s concert. Kierra and Oxley must decide where their true loyalties lie, while D.G. discovers the inadequacies of the Parks Department.🎶 And I’m here to remind youOf the mess you left when you went awayIt’s not fair to deny meOf the cross I bear that you gave to me 🎶CREDITS:Morgan Taylor as Kierra TightTyberius Wilson as Oxley SarbanesMax Knightley as Dignity “D.G.” GraysonCrystal Zaslavchik as The GMMUSIC BY MAX KNIGHTLEYEDITED BY CRYSTAL ZASLAVCHIKCONTENT WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of injured children, bleeding, transphobia, and gun violence.Buy our book!Support us on Patreon!Join the Discord!

D.G. organizes a Cyber Monday event for Thr33 Laws, the bar and hockey rink she manages. Kierra plays live music and Oxley cheers for the local hockey team, but their evening turns unexpectedly political after Andy meets his hero.🎶 The odds are that we will probably be alrightOdds are we're gonna be alrightOdds are we're gonna be alright tonight 🎶CREDITS:Morgan Taylor as Kierra TightTyberius Wilson as Oxley SarbanesMax Knightley as Dignity “D.G.” GraysonCrystal Zaslavchik as The GMMUSIC BY MAX KNIGHTLEYEDITED BY CRYSTAL ZASLAVCHIKCONTENT WARNING: This episode contains sports hooliganism and drug and alcohol abuse.Buy our book!Support us on Patreon!Join the Discord!

It's been a busy autumn for both Luke and Molly, but they've finally found some time to sit down and do some more Threadspinnin'! This month, they talk about some of the ideas they've been working on off-mic, and also get into more depth on the "Threading Ritual," which is what we're calling session 0 in this game because it's fun to make every aspect of Threadspinner as extra as possible!

The cast of Eidolon FLASHBACK reunite one last time to—why did I phrase it that way? We all hang out all the time. Whatever, anyway, the point is we got together to talk about a bunch of old-ass songs!YouTube link to the playlistEdited by Iris

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.