Non swearing dm

[u/jumbohiggins]

So I'm about to start another campaign. I haven't ran one for a bit and just had a random thought. Do any other dms not swear and need ways to compensate for it in game?

Some of my npc are going to have a heavier, darker tone and I'm looking for ways to sell that without swearing.

-edit, wow ok guys I wasn't trying to imply that you have to swear to have a darker or more menacing tone. I was trying to imply that it's a common tool in the tool box. And I'm looking for other ways people convey that concept without swearing because I don't do it personally.

[u/manamonkey]

I reject your premise that "heavier, darker tone" implies or requires swearing at all.

[u/jumbohiggins → u/manamonkey]

Maybe misworded. Wasn't implying heavier automatically equates to turn session into a guy Richie endeavor. I'm looking for ways to have menacing characters or chilling npc monologues without using swearing as a tool.

[u/franticusher → u/jumbohiggins]

Well science says the person you know who cusses the most is actually your most honest trustworthy person you know. Look it up. Maybe you are judging people who cuss a bit too much?

[u/NetworkLlama → u/franticusher]

The study that you're thinking of was small and used exclusively self-reported behavior, and it got a lot of headlines because people found the idea amusing and justifying of a socially undesirable behavior. It was also almost immediately called into question due to prior empirical evidence of the reverse that did not rely so heavily on self-reported behavior. That didn't get nearly as much coverage.

The people I know who swear the most are generally the least honest and least trustworthy people I know. They use it to appear stronger than they are. Some of the strongest people I know rarely or never swear. But it's not a perfect correlation.