Quote Originally Posted by ThePurple View Post
It's Batman and Captain America stuff.
Not great examples. Cap is, in fact, augmented by the "super soldier" serum. Bats can't go toe to toe with monstrous opponents, but relies upon his gear and crazy preparedness.

It would be easier to play Bats in a rules light system, or with a very flexible 4e DM who was not worried about RAW or even RAI and would let PC preparation and planning trump combat rules and skill checks. If you manage to collapse a mountain on a dragon, you don't limit yourself to DMG p. 42.

And wuxia isn't martial, its psionic, a la the monk, and maybe battlemind. Martial characters generally don't fly or do elemental damage without gear.