Just do what you would do in real life. Â If someone swears occasionally, it's okay. Â If they're entertaining about it, it's hilarious. Â If they're overdoing it, you are allowed to treat them as if they're uneducated and overcompensating. Â That's what I would do.
I've played a character who didn't just swear, but said some pretty awful things while doing it (such as threatening to chew someone's liver out through their fucking chest and other children's stories). Â But I don't think it was the language that was excessive as much as he was a biker thug and acted like a biker thug. Â The problem with cursing a LOT isn't that it becomes ineffectual, it's that it has the opposite effect. Â People don't see you as a scary biker thug, they see you as a seventeen year old with a leather jacket who can't afford a car so he rides a dirtbike.
Just treat him with belittling dismissal for a while. Â That'll sort him out.
I've played a character who didn't just swear, but said some pretty awful things while doing it (such as threatening to chew someone's liver out through their fucking chest and other children's stories). Â But I don't think it was the language that was excessive as much as he was a biker thug and acted like a biker thug. Â The problem with cursing a LOT isn't that it becomes ineffectual, it's that it has the opposite effect. Â People don't see you as a scary biker thug, they see you as a seventeen year old with a leather jacket who can't afford a car so he rides a dirtbike.
Just treat him with belittling dismissal for a while. Â That'll sort him out.
