One-Shot Initiative: Candela Obscura, The Light Eater of Bridleborne

PLAYER INFORMATION
Experience required: None
Age: 18+
Number of seats available: 5
Character Sheets: Pregenerated character sheets will be provided.
Link to the System!

2 seats in every guild one-shot are reserved for the monthly supporter lottery. You may see players in a game's attendee list before guild-wide RSVPs open.

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PRICING

• It is $10/per player to play this game at Groundswell Startups.
• It is $8/per player if you are a paid monthly supporter of the Guild (via our Ko-Fi or Patreon).

ABOUT THE ADVENTURE
The small company-owned logging town of Overmount is the first in the region to receive electricity, but every night the lights in the homes on the edge of the settlement are shattered and the occupants are found electrocuted and dead. Hackley & Wilde Timber Company, the company that owns the town, is in a panic, as new workers are refusing to move in.

ABOUT THE SYSTEM
Candela Obscura is a 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.

GAME MASTER INFORMATION
Name: Maggie
Pronouns: She/Her
3 years as a TTRPG Player
>1 year as a Game Master

ABOUT YOUR GM
Creative nerd with background in theatre and nonsense!

ADDITIONAL DETAILS
WHAT YOU NEED:

• Nothing, everything will be provided

WHAT I PROVIDE:

• Pregenerated character sheet
• Pencils/pens
• Polyhedral dice/game specific dice

GAMEPLAY DETAILS:

• Rules Loose-Rule of Cool

CONTENT WARNINGS:

• Adult Language
• Descriptions of Gore/Violence
• Body Horror

PROHIBITED CONTENT:

• Torture
• Sexual Themes
• Suicide

SAFETY TOOLS USED
Sometimes games have content or situations where a player or GM may feel stressed out, unsafe, or otherwise not having fun. Safety tools are a way for players and GMs to communicate and check-in before, during, and after a game in order to make sure everyone is still having fun, and to provide the right support when needed.

Information on Safety Tools

DURING THE GAME:

• Lines and Veils
• X, N and O cards

CHARACTER SHEETS:
Pregenerated character sheets will be provided.

PLAYERS CAN EXPECT:

• Combat/Tactics: (Medium)
• Roleplay: (High)
• Exploration: (High)
• Puzzles: (Low)