As for swearing in games, I personally keep it to a low boil - I rarely swear in real life, usually going with 'fun' swear-words: "Fudgecookies!" "Son of a battleship!" and the like (Couldn't swear at home, even with a military family, so I improvised as any good soldier/sailor/airman might ... )
When I ran
[game name removed], I ran it with the idea that people swore, just not as often and it was often a contest (at least to myself, if no one else) how to say something using more colourful language of the period (mid-1600's) and still come up with something vile. As you might expect, the Bard was a frequent source of material, but I tried to keep it mildly unique, sometimes as specific to each Nation. (i.e., Ussura/Russia swore about such mundane things, like the weather or nature, while Castille/Spain was more religious in nature.)
As for my own characters, I kept it simple:
Raymond glared in the direction of his target, while all manner of sulfurous oaths sprang to mind; both incestuous and tempestuous, he cursed the man who'd killed his brother and contemplated returning the favour - with interest. (Okay, a bit of flair in there, but you get the meaning ...
tibiotarsus:
Oh, and just for KingHenryBlack, I just thought of another variant of 'guys' that needs to come back - bravos!
A word that used to get a lot of use in my game. :P
"A daring bandit, assassin, or murderer, especially one hired to steal or murder for another."
ORIGIN OF BRAVO: From Italian, dating back to 1755–65.
(Courtesy of Dictionary.com)
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