In a recent battle game I tied an old tabard to my pole arm to make a temporary flag. I got to thinking, if I were to sew a flag with a folded over section large enough to slide over my pole arm like a 2nd weapon cover I could have a temporary quest item that looks less janky than the tied on tabard solution. Before I follow though with this cunning plan I would like to ask the community a few things:
Has this been tried before?
Is there a problem with the sleeve sliding off mid game?
Does the addition of 3 feet of loose cloth make the flag/polearm not strike legal? (for purposes of the last game we played we indicated the flag was not a strike legal)
Is the flag/polearm melee block legal? (The concern is that the flag is not held like a pole arm and some of the non padded grip area was being maneuvered around in melee.)
If a player were to use an indestructible quest item to block an arrow/spellball does the player who holding the item suffer any effects?
Would making flag sleeves for sword length items make more sense than polearm length items?