AlexRose wrote:
That's my point. Just because they have another definition other than as an insult doesn't make them okay. Especially when it's not even used in that context.
But thats the thing i am rping using swear words... if someone attacks your mate or tries to rob you, you aint going to call them a bad person and a naughty boy are you?! your going to call them a bastard and tell them if you see them again your going to cut out their throat. lol
That is true actually, very true. If you are going to RP a character at least semi-realistically in a mature environment, which I'm sure would include Illarion, certain not-so-savory words are going to come up. Of course, I recall in the rules that it's okay to insult a character, but not the player, correct? If you RP your character insulting another character, wouldn't that be valid, legal RP? GM, correct me if I am wrong.
To my knowledge, only a handful of commonly used swear words would fit in this sort of game. Ones that would fit, pardon my language (not) are as folllows - damn, damnit, bastard, bitch, whore, and that's about it. Since Illarion has a polytheistic pantheon, words like goddamnit or goddamn would not fit at all, as these imply a monotheistic faith, which Illarion just does not have in it's background. More modern curse words would not fit either, nor would non-fantasy oriented racial epithets (fantasy ones like stumpy for dwarf, dandelion-eater or long-ears for elf, perhaps even tusker or trog for orc, might work), and the word ass back in medieval times applied to a type of pack animal.
However, to enforce such a thing, wouldn't one have to write a list of medieval fantasy appropriate curse words and make it publically known that using words not on the list could result in admonishments?
But yeah, I guess many others in the said situation, where they are being robbed and they choose to stand up for themselves and fight back against the bandits would probably say such things, to get their point across. It's how a character
might act depending on their personality.
If any part of this is wrong, I ask that a GM, and not a fellow forum-goer or player, correct this. Thank you.