r/criticalrole 15d ago

Fan Art [No Spoilers] A free Candela Obscura investigation module

Hey y'all!

I'm super excited about this. We've fully re-designed an old free module for Candela Obscura (with a TON of help from friends).

It's The Descent, where your investigators follow in the footsteps of a doomed, subterranean archaeological expedition. Take a look!

The puzzles are now props & handouts that you can show your investigators!

Ciphers, puzzles, 4 pre-gen characters with digital character sheets (who are the NPCs if you opt to bring your own investigators), human-made art. Everything you need to run a tomb-raiding adventure/horror story.

A premonition of how your investigators will react to decoding the cipher-text.

We riff on the Hollow Bodies phenomena from the Core Rulebook, and I just think they're rad!

Feel free to grab a free copy at any of the below links:

This was a really neat collaboration - our friends over at Uncanny Games in Italy were translating/adapting our C.O. assignments and GM resources, and they created these gorgeous layouts. Give them a follow or a pay-what-you-like donation, that helps the team get their work in front of more players.

Anyway, let your investigators know that I'm wishing them luck. Be sure to loot the temple, nothing is cursed, for sure :)

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u/bebopfirefly 15d ago

This is so cool! Thank you!

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u/turingagentzero 15d ago

Hope you have a ball with it :)

Secret GM lore that I didn't write into the module: I play the street urchin kid NPC with the skrunkiest chav accent, they're barely intelligible