I just purchased your module through DriveThru RPG, and am going to run my gaming group through it. This will be my 3rd time GM'ing Candela, and I'm excited by what you created here!

I played some Candela Obscura and it was quite enjoyable to me. And I dont see why people bash on it so much. This is coming from someone who played Kult, Call of Cthulhu, etc.

How to play candela obscura: Don't

My son was to send me a video of how to set up my new television but I received this instead. Did any of you young gentlemen take my video?

Always love your tips!

I love the chemistry of the whole group. You all really work well together and jell!

Timestamp guide! CONTAINS SPOILERS! 🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀 🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀 🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀 🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀 Show Theme / intro narration 25:07 Player/GM Intros 27:06 GM opening scene 30:48 Everette Intro 35:12 Aemmaline & Courtney Intro 38:43 Magnus Intro 46:10 Bartholomew the Great Intro 53:24 Serafina Intro 55:45 The Circle is Formed 1:00:18 The Doctor Knows... 1:05:58 Unrest in the Steel 1:09:34 The Crime Scene 1:15:25 Sera's vision 1:16:25 Magnus has beef 1:22:19 Did you "see" the body? 1:27:54 The Immaculate Woman 1:33:45 Mystically write down... 1:35:18 Sorry was that SCREAMING? 1:39:00 Stuff it Down 1:42:00 The Con Artist 1:47:00 Everette's ready for fisticuffs 1:54:00 Slutty amount of midriff 2:05:00 Break starts: 2:09:00 Break Ends 2:28:20 Bleed Radio 2:33:10 Swaying the Captain 2:43:46 The Knife 2:47:55 Witchy Stuff 2:52:00 The Curse 3:02:22 The Reporter 3:08:00 Gladys / Blueprints 3:16:50 Petals 3:24:09 To Kill Death 3:30:50 Run 3:43:30 Shots fired 3:47:55 I am not a Project... 3:50:29 The Hankerchief Trick 3:52:56 Secret Entrance 3:54:14 Don't. 3:56:09 Magnus/Sera Chat 3:57:19 Bisexual Finger Guns / TMNT 3:59:34 The Museum 4:02:18 The Countdown Begins 4:04:13 Dr. Montgomery 4:05:36 In Case of Emergency... 4:09:46 You Don't Understand... 4:11:00 An Explosive Standoff 4:15:09 Nightfall Appears 4:17:37 The Gun 4:19:50 Frozen with Fear 4:21:20 Help Us 4:21:54 The Decision / Teamwork 4:29:47 Adrenaline 4:32:40 Disintigrate 4:34:04 Aftermath / Bleed 4:37:08 The Mystery / Everette's Theory 4:39:20 Ending (?) / Illumination Questions 4:42:09 Closing statements/outros 4:45:30 Breaking 4th Wall / Non Canonical/ Improv 4:51:12

Salutations Begin at 27:06

Thanks so much for this interview, I love it! it speaks so much to the concept of PREP-WORK, not planning as a GM. How do we create problems for the players and ask leading questions - and watch them struggle in the muck of it? How do we pull them in and engage their backstories -- and watch them create the stories that surprise us and make those AHA moments!

This should have so many more views <3

Amaziiiiing

Great interview! And oh, wow... I didn't expect to hear my channel come up <3. I did a Google search and people have used the term "Quantum Clues" before me. It's no surprise, really, given that it's derived from the "Quantum Ogre" (from the Hack & Slash blog from 2011).

Completely floored at being mentioned by Spenser this morning was a great start to my day <3 thanks TalkingXP for this wonderful interview.

Great interview! And thank you for the wonderful game, Rowan and Spenser!!!

A great interview! Excellent questions and good energy all around! Glad Spenser enjoyed our first episode of chapter 2 over at Twisted Fates; We are all loving this campaign so far! ✨👏

Being linked this by Patch from QJ this morning was joy. Thank you so much for the mention Rowan!

Hey... I'm looking for part 1 of "The cult of Oblivion." Did I miss it somewhere?

I'm excited to listen. Been wanting to see others play! First time GM struggles😂

This is gaslighting on what the word Zionist means. A Zionist is someone who believes Israel should exist. That’s it. Being a Zionist doesn’t preclude criticism or opposition to the actions of Israel or its government. Being an antiZionist means that you believe Israel should not exist. Before the creation of Israel more than 75+ years ago the discussions on being a Zionist or antiZionist were mostly speculative. Now that Israel has existed for generations being an antiZionist means being for the destruction of Israel, which would result in the deaths of millions of people. There’s no “antiseptic” way to deconstruct Israel. Being an antiZionist is also a code word for almost all antiZionists to disguise their Jew-hatred. I’ve seen this with a family member who said she was merely an antiZionist, but she quickly spiraled into classic Jew-hating conspiracy theories, such as: 1. Israelis are all Nazis. 2. Jews were behind the wars that broke up Yugoslavia. 3. People only care about Jews because they have all the money. 4. Some Christians only care about Jews because Jews are just a subtype of Christian. (This is especially stupid.) She almost instantly stopped making any distinction between Jews and Israel, and she was clearly using antiZionism as a cover for her Jew-hatred. She is not a conservative of any kind, but a strong and vocal ally of the LGBTQ+ community, feminism and the BDS movement. At the end of the day, regardless of her claim to just being an antiZionist, it comes down to she hates Jews. This is seen with many others who claim that antiZionism has nothing to do with hating Jews. It’s BS. It’s the same worthless excuse used by the people who attacked the synagogue in Los Angeles a couple of days ago; a modern day pogrom in America. The Crit Awards could have made statements calling for a cease fire, increased humanitarian aid, or criticisms of the Netanyahu government, and they would not have been booted from Gen Con. By taking a position that is specifically antiZionist they became a hate organization.

This is gaslighting on what the word Zionist means. A Zionist is someone who believes Israel should exist. That’s it. Being a Zionist doesn’t preclude criticism or opposition to the actions of Israel or its government. Being an antiZionist means that you believe Israel should not exist. Before the creation of Israel more than 75+ years ago the discussions on being a Zionist or antiZionist were mostly speculative. Now that Israel has existed for generations being an antiZionist means being for the destruction of Israel, which would result in the deaths of millions of people. There’s no “antiseptic” way to deconstruct Israel. Being an antiZionist is also a code word for almost all antiZionists to disguise their Jew-hatred. I’ve seen this with a family member who said she was merely an antiZionist, but she quickly spiraled into classic Jew-hating conspiracy theories, such as: 1. Israelis are all Nazis. 2. Jews were behind the wars that broke up Yugoslavia. 3. People only care about Jews because they have all the money. 4. Some Christians only care about Jews because Jews are just a subtype of Christian. (This is especially stupid.) She almost instantly stopped making any distinction between Jews and Israel, and she was clearly using antiZionism as a cover for her Jew-hatred. She is not a conservative of any kind, but a strong and vocal ally of the LGBTQ+ community, feminism and the BDS movement. At the end of the day, regardless of her claim to just being an antiZionist, it comes down to she hates Jews. This is seen with many others who claim that antiZionism has nothing to do with hating Jews. It’s BS. It’s the same worthless excuse used by the people who attacked the synagogue in Los Angeles a couple of days ago; a modern day pogrom in America. The Crit Awards could have made statements calling for a cease fire, increased humanitarian aid, or criticisms of the Netanyahu government, and they would not have been booted from Gen Con. By taking a position that is specifically antiZionist they became a hate organization.

So this is dissapointing because zionists can win awards? Wanna make sure I understand since the quality of the video prevents me from reading alot of this on the phone

What happened to Estella?

I'm prepping for a game tomorrow and these videos have been an absolute game changer!

ahmazeing ❤

Thanks for running this, Jonny! This cast was so so funny and I'll never forget BossJellyBean's voiceless kenku BARD 😆

This was so good!

This was so much fun! Great overview of the system and a very fun group as well.

Love to see people playing Daggerheart. Just a fellow KZbin GM here on my friend's channel. Hope you all keep enjoying the beta test!

It was an honor to be a part of your first Candela Obscura stream! So much fun.

😂 I feel this energy

I showed this to my little brother and bro went 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

You can feel the screaming from here

Try rolling the one and then have somebody cast a spell on you so you can roll again only to roll a 2 and have somebody else use a possibility that allows me to roll again only to roll a five then given up and using my inspiration and barely passing

I didnt see the top and took it all personally :(

make edible dice and tell noone so when you fuck up a roll you can pretend to rage out and literally eat your dice great idea here feel free to use it

crit fails are arguably more fun than crit success

Nah. It's funny when you crit fail too

I mean. nat 1 charisma, but on vicious mockery? 20

Love you too mommy

Who's that clip from? She looks familiar, but I can't quite remember why...

smasg

I've been binge listening on Spotify, but needed to leave a comment on this one. Yes, you do make my work days go by faster and much more entertaining. Thank you. 😂❤

Thank you for this video. It's amazing how none of the other, more viewed videos about Candela Obscura basics, fail to even explain how character creation works.

But now you have encounters to repurpose later at the drop of the har

DM: Prepare for a big fight with a big reward. You may die, but- We the party: *Portal away* DM: Well I guess this session got cut short I have to prepare a whole different area now. True story.

This is painfully relatable

There is an artist like this on Displate I think! Metal posters rock!

really awesome show !! i love y’all , thanks for being so entertaining and inspiring 💙❤️💙

Man I just was watching this to figure out how the heck action points work but this video was actually super informative! Excellent work!

I think it's also a part of "intention" of the DM, as if party (especially in a serious high-stakes campaign) might try to guess what is the right course of action and can be too cautious of potential dangers ahead, or if it's live to get scared of doing something that you as DM havent planned for them to do, which sounds silly but can be stressful. I think one of the good ways to give them an opening for example is to suggest "whatever checks you want to make here, investigation, percpetion, etc, feel free to do so now", if you want your players to get something specific in a new place. Then they may feel more confident to act on their own, or if it's "You don't notice any danger or curio looking through this thing here, but there's a weird sense like you're missing/forgetting something/being watched", they will at least feel like this is a moment to be more attentive or serious. The other way to engage specific players more is to mention to them separately that something in the scene might be connected to their backstory, or subject of interest (a familiar looking clan banner for somebody figuring their past or rows of scrolls and books for a wizard, or maybe one of your members is very mucn into cooking and you describe an unusual aroma coming from the pot in the room of the inn that they never smelled before lol). They will know that is a cue for them to step forward and be in action, opposed to waiting for somebody from the group to make a desicion for everyone. I think direcrly asking what your players want to do is a bit too liberating and usually works in a no-stakes-shenanigans-only games where everybody has the luxury to act out of turn and just be irresponsible. Giving a couple of options to narrow it down may help, I've been in a situations like this where plyers just freeze for a moment trying to figure out the next move and it can be awkward. Good luck with your game though!