A new tabletop roleplaying game using the Illuminated Worlds System, showcased in a new show on Critical Role!
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!
The full Candela Obscura Core Rulebook will come out in late 2023, but start playing today with this free quickstart guide!
Candela Obscura Overview
Candela Obscura (bestowed the hashtag #CandelaObscura) is a new tabletop roleplaying game that places you in the roles of investigators working for an esoteric order. In this game of gothic horror, individuals of varied talents are brought together under the organization Candela Obscura. You’ll pursue strange occurrences and encounter dangerous magicks, fighting back against a mysterious source of corruption and bleed. Candela Obscura is the first to use the Illuminated Worlds System, a newly designed system that uses 6-sided dice and lends itself to narrative, arc-driven play.
Watch It Played on Critical Role
Candela Obscura is being showcased in a deeply atmospheric monthly actual play series from Critical Role! Tune in first on May 25th at 7pm Pacific on Critical Role’s Twitch and YouTube channels. Read more about the show in its announcement!
Quickstart Guide 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
RESOURCES
- Candela Obscura Quickstart Guide
- Video — How to Play: Candela Obscura
- Blank Circle Sheet
- Field Guide Reference Sheets
- Set of 5 Pregenerated Characters
- Candela Obscura Dice and Merch: Find at Darrington Press Guild stores and US, CA, UK, EU, and AU Critical Role shops