Close
New Account (or )
Close
Log In ()
Advanced Search

Candela Obscura Quickstart GuideClick to magnify
Quick Preview
/gs_flipbook/flip.php?xml=/demo_xml/438694.xml&w=500&h=324
Full‑size Preview
https://watermark.drivethrurpg.com/pdf_previews/438694-sample.pdf

Candela Obscura Quickstart Guide

ADD TO WISHLIST >
PDF
$0.00
Average Rating (8 ratings)

candela_obscura_logo_stacked_gold.png

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 Twitch and YouTube 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 some six-sided dice 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

Watch the Show

Candela Obscura is being showcased now in a deeply atmospheric monthly actual play series from Critical Role! Tune in to Critical Role’s Twitch and YouTube channels starting at 7pm Pacific on May 25th!

Critical-Roles-Candela-Obscura-trailer-f


pixel_trans.gif
pixel_trans.gif
 
 Customers Who Bought this Title also Purchased
Slider view List view Grid view  
pixel_trans.gif
pixel_trans.gif
Reviews (1)
Discussions (2)
Customer avatar
Mario R May 30, 2023 5:23 pm UTC
Hmm.. It is waaaay too similiar to Blades in the Dark in many aspects. It's like a fusion of Blades in the Dark and Vaesen for me.
Which isn't a bad thing!! But nothing new and exciting I fear..

Nevertheless I like the astethics and looking forward to the show.
Maybe I will give it a try after seeing more of it.
Customer avatar
Benjamin B May 28, 2023 2:37 am UTC
This doesn't seem to conform to the licensing requirements for Forged in the Dark games: https://bladesinthedark.com/licensing
I really hope that Darrington Press / Critical Role doesn't think they're too big to have to play by the rules that everyone else does.
Reply
Customer avatar
Ethan N May 29, 2023 5:03 am UTC
Lead Designer Spenser Starke already stated full acknowledgement of FitD's inspiration on the game will be presented in the final book; I assume the licensing requirements as well. John Harper has also retweeted several of Starke's posts on Candela Obscura with nothing but positivity and excitement, so I dont think there's any issues to be expected.
Browse Categories
Pay What You Want
Free
$ to $
 Follow Your Favorites!
NotificationsSign in to get custom notifications of new products!















Product Information
Social
Copy Link

Author(s)
Rowan Hall, Spenser Starke
Artist(s)
Shaun Ellis, Jamie Harrison, Amelia Leonards, Marc Moreau, Stevie Morley, Justin O’Neal, Doug Telford
Rule System(s)
Pages
25
File Size:
18.5 MB
Format
Original electronic
Scanned image
These products were created by scanning an original printed edition. Most older books are in scanned image format because original digital layout files never existed or were no longer available from the publisher.

For PDF download editions, each page has been run through Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software to attempt to decipher the printed text. The result of this OCR process is placed invisibly behind the picture of each scanned page, to allow for text searching. However, any text in a given book set on a graphical background or in handwritten fonts would most likely not be picked up by the OCR software, and is therefore not searchable. Also, a few larger books may be resampled to fit into the system, and may not have this searchable text background.

For printed books, we have performed high-resolution scans of an original hardcopy of the book. We essentially digitally re-master the book. Unfortunately, the resulting quality of these books is not as high. It's the problem of making a copy of a copy. The text is fine for reading, but illustration work starts to run dark, pixellating and/or losing shades of grey. Moiré patterns may develop in photos. We mark clearly which print titles come from scanned image books so that you can make an informed purchase decision about the quality of what you will receive.
pixel_trans.gif
Original electronic format
These ebooks were created from the original electronic layout files, and therefore are fully text searchable. Also, their file size tends to be smaller than scanned image books. Most newer books are in the original electronic format. Both download and print editions of such books should be high quality.
File Last Updated:
June 01, 2023
This title was added to our catalog on May 25, 2023.
Publisher
Darrington Press Darrington Press
Publisher Average Rating
See All Reviews
Publisher WebsiteLink
See all titles (4)