Banners and heraldry can be a major part of RPGs from knights and religions in fantasy games to sports and nations in modern games. Coat of arms can be used to recognize knightly orders on the battlefield to discern friend and foe much like uniforms today.
Symbols are an important detail of RPGs that can make them seem more intricate. For example, the difference between an encounter with simple goblins wearing non-descriptive tattered clothes and fighting with knives versus a hobgoblin unit in uniforms bearing a kris knife on the shoulder with chest armor and shields etched with the symbol is a more interesting encounter. The hobgoblins might even fight with a kris knife and favor finesse instead of the brute force that they are known for. Hobgoblin rogues? What does the kris knife symbolize? Who do the hobgoblins work for?
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