%% date:: [[2024-03-03]] %% # [[Candela Obscura]] [site]() Candela Obscura is a horror [[Tabletop Roleplaying Games|TTRPG]] system created by Critical Role. It's a narrative-focused d6 dice pool system with an investigative spin, and it's based on a yet-unreleased ruleset called [[Illuminated Worlds]]. You can look at Candela Obscura as the first (and only, for now) setting in the Illuminated Worlds system, in the same way that [[Numenera]] is for the [[Cypher]] system. ## System Summary Setting:: It's set in a world called Fairelands that feels [[H P Lovecraft|Lovecraftian]]: a 20th century version of the real world, but one where powerful magick threatens to bleed into and corrupt reality. Classes:: Yes, *roles and specialties*: Face (Journalist/Magician), Muscle (Explorer/Soldier), Scholar (Doctor/Professor), Slink (Criminal/Detective), Weird (Medium/Occultist) Races:: No. We're all human Tests:: xd6 (where x = action rating) + yd6 (where y is the number of drive points spent). Degree of success:: Yes, for every 6 rolled on success dice Attributes:: Nerve, Cunning, and Intuition Player agency:: High - players can add to their dice pool using drive and reroll results using resistance PC hardiness:: Medium PC power level:: Low (Not many supernatural abilities) Rules complexity:: Low Publisher:: [[Darrington Press]] ## [[Rules of Candela Obscura]] ## Distinctive Features ### Gilded dice ### Gear is decided during the game ## My impressions of Candela Obscura ### What I like - ### What I don't like - ### My games of Candela Obscura - [[ttrpgs/Circle of Uncut Diamonds/World|Circle of Uncut Diamonds]] - [[ttrpgs/The Great Dark/World|The Great Dark]] ## Resources -