Big Daddy [BUNDLE]

October 14, 2025

Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild

Discover the stories that shape heroes long before their adventuring days with the complete Who is your Daddy and what does he do? bundle. This collection brings together Volumes I–III, offering thirty fully original 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons backgrounds inspired by the lives and professions of the parents who raised your characters.

Volume I grounds your adventurer in the humble trades of common folk, from lantern-keepers to rat-catchers, giving you richly detailed origins steeped in everyday struggle and perseverance.

Volume II delves into the darker side of upbringing, drawing on the cunning, resourcefulness, and moral ambiguity inherited from parents entrenched in the criminal underworld.

Volume III explores martial legacies, charting the discipline, resilience, and tactical insight instilled by parents who served in military or adventuring roles.

Each background offers a distinct set of skill and tool proficiencies, unique equipment, an additional language, and a signature background feature shaped by a parent’s life. With personality traits, ideals, bonds, and flaws tailored to every role, this bundle is perfect for adding depth, realism, and narrative hooks to any campaign.

Whether you seek grounded authenticity, shadow-born intrigue, or the weight of a martial heritage, these volumes provide the tools to craft characters with truly memorable origins.

This special bundle contains the following titles:

	Who is your Daddy and what does he do? Vol 1 Regular price: 0 Bundle price: 0 Format: PDF	Heroes are shaped not only by destiny, but by upbringing. Who is your Daddy and what does he do? Volume I introduces ten original backgrounds for 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons (2014), each rooted in the working lives of lowborn parents. Whether your character’s parent was a lantern-keeper, rat-catcher, or mill labourer, their trade, habits, and worldview have left a lasting mark. These backgrounds offer grounded realism and fresh mechanical flavour, ideal for campaigns that value depth and authenticity. 10 fully original backgrounds based on commoner parentage Each background includes: 2 skill proficiencies 1 tool proficiency 1 additional language Unique equipment package Distinct background feature shaped by the parent’s role 6 personality traits, 6 ideals, 6 bonds, and 6 flaws Vo...
	Who is your Daddy and what does he do? Vol 2 Regular price: 0 Bundle price: 0 Format: PDF	Some characters are born into shadow. Who is your Daddy and what does he do? Volume II presents ten original backgrounds for 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons (2014), each shaped by a parent involved in the criminal underworld. From smugglers and fences to debt collectors and grifters, these backgrounds reflect the skills, secrets, and survival instincts passed down through illicit lives. Your character doesn’t just know the streets—they were raised by them. 10 fully original backgrounds based on criminal or lowborn illicit parentage Each background includes: 2 skill proficiencies 1 tool proficiency 1 additional language Unique equipment package Distinct background feature influenced by the parent’s criminal role 6 personality traits, 6 ideals, 6 bonds, and 6 flaws Volume II is ideal f...
	Who is your Daddy and what does he do? Vol 3 Regular price: 0 Bundle price: 0 Format: PDF	Discipline, duty, and danger leave lasting impressions. Who is your Daddy and what does he do? Volume III offers ten original backgrounds for 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons (2014), each forged by a parent in a martial role. Whether your character was raised by a city watchman, mercenary captain, or monster hunter, their upbringing reflects the routines, expectations, and scars of a life lived in service or combat. These backgrounds bring tactical flavour and emotional weight to martial characters. 10 fully original backgrounds based on military, adventuring, or martial parentage Each background includes: 2 skill proficiencies 1 tool proficiency 1 additional language Unique equipment package Distinct background feature shaped by the parent’s martial legacy 6 personality traits, 6 ideal...