Standard Edition

Pages: 204
Cover: Hardback
Published: 2023

A new investigative horror RPG in a gilded world simmering with occult magic, using the Illuminated Worlds System and featured in a new show on Critical Role! In this game of gothic horror, individuals of varied talents are brought together under the organization Candela Obscura, where they pursue strange occurrences and encounter dangerous magick, fighting back against a mysterious source of corruption and bleed. This core rulebook includes everything you need to play, including rules, character options, guidance on running your own campaigns, and expansive setting information both inside and beyond the turn of the century-inspired city of Newfaire.

- description by ACD, distributor

Inside the Candela Obscura Core Rulebook, you’ll enjoy 204 pages filled with art, rules, guidance, and setting information, along with a satin bookmark to keep your page. The book contains over 90 pages detailing the turn of the century-inspired setting of the Fairelands, plus 4 full example assignments and 30 example assignments for gamemasters to dive in with their players. As a player, learn to create your characters in an array of different specialties. 

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. 

Candela Obscura is a new tabletop roleplaying game that places you in the roles of investigators working for an esoteric order. In this game of investigative 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.

- description by Darrington Press, publisher