Candela Obscura: Core Rulebook (Hardcover)

In this pen & paper role-playing game, players become members of Candela Obscura – a paranormal secret society tasked with protecting the Fairelands and its gleaming, pre-century capital city of Newfaire from supernatural dangers. Occult mysteries unfold in this metropolis built on the ruins of an ancient, lost civilisation – ruins that are still imbued with the remnants of powerful magic …

Candela Obscura offers a balanced gaming experience between narrative freedom and the strategic use of resources with the Illuminated Worlds game system.Illuminated Worlds uses a D6 dice pool system.

Candela Obscura was originally published by Darrington Press: the publishing house founded by the Critical Role media group. Critical Role is known for its epic, high-quality, long-term 5E campaigns and the corresponding series spin-offs The Legend of Vox Machina and The Mighty Nein.

The Candela Obscura core rulebook contains everything you need to play: the complete game rules, character creation rules, detailed descriptions of the game world and its history, and heaps of adventure hooks suitable for both short adventures and longer campaigns.