You’re needed, investigators: join the secret society Candela Obscura to confront occult horrors from beyond, keeping hidden the true nature of magickal incursions besetting our world.
This quickstart guide takes you on a journey through the new tabletop roleplaying game Candela Obscura as featured in the new monthly anthology series on Critical Role’s and channels!
Get immersed in Candela Obscura’s turn-of-the-century inspired setting, learn about the secret society Candela Obscura and its rival factions, and take a spin through a sample assignment using pregenerated characters and the Illuminated Worlds System. Grab nine 6-sided dice (or pick up our gorgeous ) and you’re ready to go.
The full Candela Obscura Core Rulebook will come out in late 2023, but start playing today with this free quickstart guide!
This download includes:
- A primer to the world, people, and principles of Candela Obscura
- Quickstart rules to the Illuminated Worlds System
- An example assignment with advice for gamemasters
- NPCs and additional organizations to encounter and enhance play
- A set of 5 pregenerated characters
- A blank circle sheet
- Field Guide reference sheets
Consider this your invitation, your initiation, to the secret order Candela Obscura.
Credits:
- Lead Game Design: Spenser Starke and Rowan Hall
- Written By: Rowan Hall and Spenser Starke
- Additional Game Design: Christopher Grey, Tracey Harrison, and Taliesin Jaffe
- Editor: Karen Twelves
- Managing Editor: Matthew Key
- Production: Ivan Van Norman and Alex Uboldi
- Artists: Shaun Ellis, Jamie Harrison, Amelia Leonards, Marc Moureau, Stevie Morley, Justin O’Neal, and Doug Telford
- Layout: De La Rosa Design
- Cultural Consultants: Basheer Ghouse, Christine Sandquist, Erin Roberts, Pam Punzalan, and Anthony Joyce-Rivera
- Ancient Fairen Alphabet Design: Stevie Morley
- Illuminated Worlds Game Design: Stras Acimovic and Layla Adelman
- Original Concept Created By: Taliesen Jaffe and Chris Lockey
