Make some flags and banners devs or whoever out there has some 3d game experience.
I know it can be done. You don't have to create a whole new thing just replace an item type like a polearm or something for a flag or banner.
Create a few medieval looking flags or banners of that era and add them to the sword or polearm category just as you did the siege shields and ladders to the throwing category.
Best thing would probably be to add it to the POLEARM category since the polearm blocks, especially the block where the polearm is vertical, looks just like someone is holding a flag or banner. Sometimes I walk with my pike in vertical block to get people to follow me, but it doesn't work, a FLAG would grab more attention.
Actually, DO put them in POLEARM only cause they can act like NON-SHEATHABLE items also, like polearms. They can't be sheathed and must be dropped when you switch to a sword or something. They can occupy 2 slots as well. Whichever position the polearm is, if you look at it in-game, is a general position for flag carrying anyway.
The only thing that would be a problem is an animation for the flag/banner movement. I don't think I've seen any item animations except for the bow and crossbow reloading animations. Can items have their own animation? Hmmmm, let us know cRPG devs. If not, then just create a static flag or banner with no animation but maybe it's slightly curve or wrinkled as though it seemed as if it had movement to it. As if the shape made it look dynamic.
Actually they don't even need to have animation to it, many flags back then were stiff and static anyway. Here's a great site that shows tons of medieval flag shapes that would need no additional animation to it:
http://donna.hrynkiw.net/sca/flags/Just create some static flags and banners and add them to the polearm category and make some of thing heraldic, meaning that they can be like shields and take on the texture map or banner/insignia of the player. For example, if my character's herladic sign is the 3 BOARS then I can have the 3 BOARS on my SHIELDS and my FLAGS and BANNERS.
If you don't have anyone to make flags or banners, I might be able to do it. I used-to-could-worked in the 3d game online field. Long time ago, when Star Wars Galalxies just came out and rocked, Everquest was King and WoW was a wet-dream and hadn't even come out yet. Let me know, just need to get my hands on a 3d program like Maya. If you need shape ideas or artwork I can do that easily, just don't have any 3d modeling programs.
Imagine, people holding flags and shit and getting killed and you taking their flags and people leading people with flags!!!! Maybe we can even make something for the samurai class and make those flags that they would have attached to their backs(that could be a 2h weapon attached on their backs).
READ AND VOTE BITCHES!!!! It's a great IDEA!!!
I'M RICK JAMES BITCH!!!!
