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Matt Whelehan // Flaming Brain Games
@flamingbraingames.bsky.social
Ignem Mittere in Cerebrum

TTRPG Game Designer and Writer
patreon.com/flamingbraingames

WIP: Adirondark: The Weird Wilderness Beyond the Blue Line
A turn of the twentieth century wilderness horror game!

And I make other TTRPG things as well!
And the icing on this cake? The final end credits that was so obviously inspired by D&D books! <chef's kiss>

Sharing some pictures from my copy of the AD&D module The Assassin's Knot by Len Lokofka for reference.
January 1, 2026 at 4:10 PM
And it was one of the reasons I loved the show. All of the references, they way they looked at the world and their challenges through the lens of D&D and their shared experience, even the outsiders' frustrations at not getting references... all struck true.
January 1, 2026 at 4:10 PM
An arch-daemon of hopelessness that can become part of your game world or long-term campaign.

Modularity that gives GMs options to run this as a Level 0 gauntlet or up to Level 3 adventure. It also has suggestions for which encounters to run if you need a one-shot.
December 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Things I am most proud of creating for this adventure:

Desiccating Wind: an supernatural environmental hazard that drains the moisture from living things

Salt mephit negotiation encounter

The Buried & The Lost: local religion centered on revered dead and the missing, two sides of the same coin.
December 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Bordered by Eastern Africa, the Arabian peninsula, Iran, Pakistan, and Western India... there is so much folklore and myth available. Excited for the possibilities...
December 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM