So, the repeated claims to keep characters' skills and gear "realistic". Realistic how? I mean, okay, we don't want anyone being Badly Written Batman in regards to their skills, obviously, or people bringing in absurdly powerful technology, I totally get that, but realism doesn't really have a strong foothold in superhero comics and that's part of the reason why they're so fun. It just seems like that would potentially limit Gear and Skills heroes when compared to their superpowered brethren, who can just ignore realism because powers. As for the "Think technology at the level of the Dark Knight movies" thing, what if someone wants to be a sentient machine or a guy with a powersuit or just use pulp sci-fi stuff because it's fun and cool to have heroes like that?