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Candela Obscura Core Rulebook
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This rulebook is ideal for tabletop RPG enthusiasts interested in a detailed, gothic-inspired investigative setting. Gamemasters seeking a comprehensive guide with ready-made assignments will find it particularly valuable, while players who enjoy worldbuilding and immersive narrative elements will appreciate the rich background and in-world ephemera.
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Inside of the Candela Obscura Core Rulebook you'll discover:
204 detailed pages, with a satin ribbon to keep your place.
The core rules to play and create your Candela Obscura investigators and their circles.
Over 90 pages detailing the turn of the century-inspired setting of the Fairelands, and in detail the city of Newfaire and the ancient ruins beneath known as Oldfaire.
4 full example assignments for gamemasters to dive in with their players.
Over 30 example assignments to explore far-flung corners of the Fairelands and the organisations and people operating within it.
An extensive guide to preparing for and gamemastering Candela Obscura.
Immersive, in-world ephemera and notes strewn throughout the chaptersβillustrations, sketches, research notes, correspondences, advertisements, maps, and more to bring the Fairelands to life.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781737372547
Publisher: Darrington Press LLC
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 14 November 2023
Country: United States
Imprint: Darrington Press LLC
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 31.0mm
Width: 238.0mm
Height: 320.0mm
Weight: 896g
Pages: 204
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About the Author
Spenser Starke is a game designer at Darrington Press and credited with Daggerheart, Candela Obscura, Alice Is Missing, and Kids on Brooms. Rowan Hall is a game designer credited with Candela Obscura and Daggerheart, as well as co-creator of a mythology podcast Willing & Fable.
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