Common sayings in a fantasy world. (Just for fun.)

[QuidEst]

The idea is to take common sayings, brands, band names, or whatever and make equivalents for fantasy settings.

• Good cop, bad cop routine = Good paladin, fallen paladin routine (alternatively, paladin/antipaladin or paladin/blackguard depending on the system)

• Drunk as a skunk = drunk as a monk. (Looking at you, Drunken Master)

• Rock 'n roll = vrock 'n troll.

Have any fun things you like slipping in?

[erikun]

• Good cop, bad cop routine = Good paladin, fallen paladin routine (alternatively, paladin/antipaladin or paladin/blackguard depending on the system)

I'd likely call this the "Knight and Rogue routine", or perhaps simply "good guard, bad guard" to be closer. After all, a good paladin isn't going to be associating with a fallen paladin during an interrogation, somewhat spoiling the phrase.

"Keep your beard clean" as a dwarven phrase, meaning keep out of trouble.

[Axiomatic]

Wake up and smell the bat guano. It smells like...victory.

[Edge of Dreams]

In one custom fantasy setting I've written and used, there's 3 moons.

• The red one never moves or changes,
• The white one moves randomly about the sky and has inconsistent phases
• The blue one has very odd phases involving concentric rings, but its movements and phases are perfectly predictable

Thus, the phrase "Once in a blue moon" means almost exactly the opposite of what it does on Earth.

[Benthesquid]

In one custom fantasy setting I've written and used, there's 3 moons.

• The red one never moves or changes,
• The white one moves randomly about the sky and has inconsistent phases
• The blue one has very odd phases involving concentric rings, but its movements and phases are perfectly predictable

Thus, the phrase "Once in a blue moon" means almost exactly the opposite of what it does on Earth.

"Blue moons," as described on Earth are perfectly predictable, just rare. A 'blue moon,' as used in the phrase "Once in a blue moon," is either the second full moon appearing within a calendar month (roughly once every two or three years) or, the third full moon appearing in a season that will have a total of four full moons.

[Ravens_cry]

"As sure as elves" is a sarcastic expression used to describe the rather vague near-immortals, most commonly used by dwarves and their allies.
"Hard as a dwarven head" is, surprisingly, used as commonly by dwarves as elves.
"Trust the father, not the son." is a common saying about humans by the longer lived races.

[The Fury]

A character I have is polytheistic so I've been having her say "Bright Gods!" In place of "My God!"

[Blightedmarsh]

"What would Llolth do?"
"Remember the Flumphs"
"As sure as Baator"
"Roast Elf"
"He's as sober as a dwarf"
"Dragon on high": Expect trouble
"Never trust an Elf"
"Its Zombies again"; Wensday.

[ReaderAt2046]

I have a Fey character who swears "Iron!".

Also, common sayings include
"Iron days and nights afire!"
"Lights of heaven!"

[No brains]

No matter the language, no matter the culture, no matter the situation, people will always think misfortune is as valuable as "Crap!"

[A Tad Insane]

Freaking wizards!

[ComatosePhoenix]

Wizard spell that allows the transfer of symbols from one place to another obviously the more symbols used the harder the spell is to perform, thus texting is given a legit reason for existing, and no one can ever accuse me of speaking out of character when I type "lol".