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In a mummy's mask game I am starting later today I am playing a wizened yet vulgar wererat-kin wizard. I want to have him use profanities whenever he speaks, without actually dropping f-bombs and other common profanities in our world since I think that's be tasteless...instead I'd like to see if anyone can think of some great Golarion themed curses and profanities that a street rat would throw around much to the chagrin of the high born folk and to the amusement of everyone at the table.
Most I can think of involve referencing to various deities' primary and secondary sexual characteristics. Not very creative at all.
Culture defines profanity. Today's profanities range. English prefers sexual, scatological, and religious curses, with a side-trip into ancestral (accusations of questionable parentage, for instance). Quebecois French, on the other hand, displays a marked preference for religious curses (look up 'sacre'). That and French French also display a differing way of cursing - they prefer to string together long columns of invective without actually saying anything coherent. The swear-happy Dutch prefer diseases for most of their cursing needs.
Where's your wizard from? What environment did he grow up in? What did the culture of his upbringing regard as sacred, as profane?
(I personally recommend going with either Quebecois or Dutch, translated into English; that'll let you get the right force without the same weight of typical curses.)
What would he hate and loath? Any word can be excellent curse with right voice.
Especially name of another party member. ;)
I remember one old post apocalyptic movie, where most used and strongest expletive was plastic.
Some ideas. They might look lame, but it is how they are used, which matters:
digger = manual worker,
dust, dusty = worthless
Rug or Gug = shortening of Rovagug
pale = someone working inside, rich, foreigner or dead
He could also use his heritage for inspiration.
"I got rat-face, but you are the rat,
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Maybe for the Gug one instead referring to something bad as Guggy
One Canon one is Asomdeus' Chamberpot
Caydenites often use Sweet Berrybrew or By the Light of the Starstone.
Goblin Trash could be for something (Or someone) so utterly worthless that not even Goblins would be able to find a use for it
Dragon's Teeth is something that my Cleric often uses
By the Mother or Mother Take It Could be used in reference to Lamatsu
Is an Archon/Inevtable/Devil/Kyton Lawful?= Is the Pope Catholic/Does a Bear S%&$ in the woods?
Torag's Beard Works well for Dwarves
Sidebirth is a canonical Drawarven of calling someone ugly
More slang than profanities. These have all come up in my games.
"And in Galt, all the Princes go about in hempen collars." - You're stating the obvious.
"... And Grand Admiral of The Isgerian Navy." - A title that's considered absurd, overly extravagant, and more importantly, impossible.
"Hellknight Justice." - Fair, but needlessly harsh adjudication.
Spawn of a Lich. :)
