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* ''VideoGame/LastWord'': The InfinityPlusOneSword: [[spoiler: The Last Word also offers the skill "Last Word" - which costs 50 Bows to equip, but]] allows Whitty to instantly win all discourses at the cost of not getting any EXP from it.]]
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* ''VideoGame/LastWord'': The InfinityPlusOneSword: [[spoiler: The Last Word also offers the skill "Last Word" - which costs 50 Bows to equip, but]] but allows Whitty to instantly win all discourses at the cost of not getting any EXP from it.]]
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* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'': players that constantly leave in-progress matches will gain reduced experience from matches they complete. The penalty is removed once the player has played enough matches without leaving.
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* In ''Literature/BloodSword'', if you have a Warrior in your party, he'll lose experience points from the total awarded at the end of a book, if he does something really cowardly or ignoble such as refuse to help a questing knight fight a sorceress that's way beyond his power level.
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* In ''Literature/BloodSword'', if you have a Warrior in your party, he'll lose experience points from the total awarded at the end of a book, if he does something really cowardly or ignoble such as refuse to help a questing knight fight a sorceress that's way beyond his power level.
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* Similar to the above ''TabletopGame/MarvelSuperHeroes'' has Karma Points which can be used to increase abiilities or buy new powers. If a superhero does something not so nice (such as being rude to someone) they lose some Karma. If a superhero kills someone they lose their total Karma points (so the Punisher or Elektra will rarely get to improve in anything). The only exception is Wolverine who has PopularityPower to save his Karma.
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* Possible in ''VideoGame/Persona4'' with Shuffle Time. A card that can appear during Shuffle Time is one that cuts the amount of experience earned from the previous battle in half. As a trade-off for doing this, you get to pick two more bonus cards, which can be useful for MinMaxing.
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* Similarly to the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' example, using the Warp or Teleport ability on enemies in the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series removes them from the field, either sending them to another dimension or just somewhere else. Either way, since they were removed without combat, no experience is given.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', if you reduce Napstablook's HP to 0, he reveals he was lowering his HP on purpose to make you feel better, since he can't die on account of already being a ghost. At the end of the fight, you lose 1 experience point. [[spoiler:Persnickety players may check their stats and find that they ''didn't'' lose any EXP -- all the way at the other end of the game, this turns out to be because "EXP" isn't short for "experience points", but "''execution'' points".]]
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** The EXP Zero ability first introduced in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIIFinalMix'' prevents experience from being gained for as long as it's active.
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* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' has the option of applying the "Skilled" trait at character creation: all your skills start off with an extra 5 points, but you suffer a -10% penalty to experience rewards.
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* The ''VideoGame/WildArms'' series has the "Amnesia" status effect, which persists until cured and prevents the afflicted character from gaining any experience points after battle.
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* ''VideoGame/TheLogomancer'': Monsters give progressively less experience with each level when the character that fights them gets to a certain level, different for each monster, and stops at 1 EXP per monster, and it takes 1000 EXP for every level.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', if you reduce Napstablook's HP to 0, he reveals he was lowering his HP on purpose to make you feel better, since he can't die on account of already being a ghost. At the end of the fight, you lose 1 EXP.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', if you reduce Napstablook's HP to 0, he reveals he was lowering his HP on purpose to make you feel better, since he can't die on account of already being a ghost. At the end of the fight, you lose 1 EXP.experience point.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' players who repeatedly quit games early[[note]]that is, before the "VICTORY!" or "DEFEAT" animation appears; exiting during the team shot, the Play of the Game, or the results screens doesn't count as a quit[[/note]] [[AntiRageQuitting will be slapped with a 75% penalty to EXP gains]]. The penalty persists until the offender completes a set number of games. Fortunately, levels are only needed to unlock Competitive Mode (at level 25) and to earn Loot Boxes for strictly-cosmetic items, but quitting in Competitive Mode carries more serious consequences than just a reduced rate of Loot Box gain.
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* ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' has this trope in its most literal form: Killing a Cragnon while he's BrainwashedAndCrazy will ''deduct'' from the team's accumulated experience points. As they spawn infinitely, killing enough Cragnons can actually make you [[LevelDrain level down]].
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* Using a Ridiculous Hat in ''VideoGame/FallenLondon'' will clobber your hard-earned attributes, as it's hard to seem particularly imposing when you're dressed like Literature/TheCatInTheHat.
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* Using a Ridiculous Hat in ''VideoGame/FallenLondon'' will clobber your hard-earned attributes, as it's hard to seem particularly imposing when you're dressed like Literature/TheCatInTheHat. It can also be merely ''equipped'' to reduce attributes temporarily.
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* Many food and booze items in ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' will cause you to gain experience. A few will cause you to ''lose'' some, notably the cursed food from Hey Deze. If your Clan is fortunate enough to have a hot dog stand, eating too many hot dogs will cause you to lose ''exponential'' amounts of experience points.
* Using a Ridiculous Hat in ''VideoGame/FallenLondon'' will clobber your hard-earned attributes, as it's hard to seem particularly imposing when you're dressed like Literature/TheCatInTheHat.
* Using a Ridiculous Hat in ''VideoGame/FallenLondon'' will clobber your hard-earned attributes, as it's hard to seem particularly imposing when you're dressed like Literature/TheCatInTheHat.
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* ''TabletopGames/{{Champions}}'': {{PC}}s can be penalized ExperiencePoints if they roleplay poorly or the adventure is a terrible failure.
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* In ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'', higher level Pokemon gain less experience defeating lower level Pokemon.
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* In ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'', higher level Pokemon gain less experience defeating lower level Pokemon.Pokemon in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Black and White]]'', ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 Black 2 and White 2]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Sun and Moon]]''.
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* Each of the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Celestial Weapons]] in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' will deny the user of Ability Points until its full power is unlocked through sidequests.
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* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'', killing enemies while riding Mako cuts experience gain by ''60%''. Thankfully, attacking enemies with Mako doesn't instantly qualify for a penalty, so you can whittle an enemy down to a few hit-points with Mako weapons, get out of the tank and kill the enemy with your own guns for full experience gain.
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* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'', killing enemies while riding the Mako cuts experience gain by ''60%''. Thankfully, attacking enemies with the Mako doesn't instantly qualify for a penalty, so you can whittle an enemy down to a few hit-points with Mako the Mako's weapons, get out of the tank and kill the enemy with your own guns for full experience gain.
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* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'', killing enemies while riding Mako cuts experience gain by ''60%''. Thankfully, attacking enemies with Mako doesn't instantly qualify for a penalty, so you can whittle an enemy down to a few hit-points with Mako weapons, get out of the tank and kill the enemy with your own guns for full experience gain.
* Tools in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' can be enchanted with "mending", which makes any experience you gain while holding or wearing them go into repairing them rather than your experience bar.
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* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
** The EXP Zero ability first introduced in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIIFinalMix'' prevents experience from being gained for as long as it's active.
** Using the Warp spell causes enemies to disappear without leaving any experience.
** The EXP Zero ability first introduced in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIIFinalMix'' prevents experience from being gained for as long as it's active.
** Using the Warp spell causes enemies to disappear without leaving any experience.
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* ''StarcraftII'': During multiplayer matches, the amount of experience given for killing and building units drops to a third after a certain amount of time has passed.
* ''WarcraftIII'': In the Frozen Throne expansion, heroes gain experience for killing creeps up to level 5, after which only enemy units give experience (creeps can still be killed for gold and items).
* ''DragonQuestVI'': Gaining levels in classes is determined by the number of battles fought against sufficiently strong enemies. If the character's level is too high for the area, battles fought in that area no longer count (the Spiegelspire is the first area with no level cap, making it a PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling despite the enemies not being endgame-difficult).
* ''DragonQuestIX'': Experience is split by the number of characters in the party. MetalSlime runs can be very rewarding with only the main character, but very easy to lose in the higher level grottoes.
* ''WarcraftIII'': In the Frozen Throne expansion, heroes gain experience for killing creeps up to level 5, after which only enemy units give experience (creeps can still be killed for gold and items).
* ''DragonQuestVI'': Gaining levels in classes is determined by the number of battles fought against sufficiently strong enemies. If the character's level is too high for the area, battles fought in that area no longer count (the Spiegelspire is the first area with no level cap, making it a PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling despite the enemies not being endgame-difficult).
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* ''StarcraftII'': ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'': During multiplayer matches, the amount of experience given for killing and building units drops to a third after a certain amount of time has passed.
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*''DragonQuestVI'': ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'': Gaining levels in classes is determined by the number of battles fought against sufficiently strong enemies. If the character's level is too high for the area, battles fought in that area no longer count (the Spiegelspire is the first area with no level cap, making it a PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling despite the enemies not being endgame-difficult).
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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''
** In the 3rd edition, multiclassing incurred an XP penalty unless one of the character's classes was their race's "favored class". Humans got to choose their favored class.
** 1st Edition AD&D ''Dungeon Master's Guide'', If a party of {{PC}}s has 10 times (or more) the hit dice/{{Character Level}}s of the monsters they're facing, the Dungeon Master should at least halve the ExperiencePoints they receive for defeating the monsters.
* ''TabletopGame/DCHeroes'': Hero Points are the game's version of ExperiencePoints (they can be used to improve the character).
** If a {{PC}} initiates Killing Combat (tries to kill an opponent), they lose all Hero Points they normally would receive for the adventure. If they enter Killing Combat only after an opponent initiates Killing Combat with them, they only lose half of the possible Hero Points.
** If a player doesn't roleplay their {{PC}} properly (e.g. violating their character's Motivations or displaying sudden personality shifts) then the {{PC}} will forfeit the standard Role-Playing Hero Point award.
* ''TabletopGames/{{Champions}}'': {{PC}}s can be penalized ExperiencePoints if they roleplay poorly or the adventure is a terrible failure.
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* ''StarcraftII'': During multiplayer matches, the amount of experience given for killing and building units drops to a third after a certain amount of time has passed.
* ''WarcraftIII'': In the Frozen Throne expansion, heroes gain experience for killing creeps up to level 5, after which only enemy units give experience (creeps can still be killed for gold and items).
* ''DragonQuestVI'': Gaining levels in classes is determined by the number of battles fought against sufficiently strong enemies. If the character's level is too high for the area, battles fought in that area no longer count (the Spiegelspire is the first area with no level cap, making it a PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling despite the enemies not being endgame-difficult).
* ''DragonQuestIX'': Experience is split by the number of characters in the party. MetalSlime runs can be very rewarding with only the main character, but very easy to lose in the higher level grottoes.
* In ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'', higher level Pokemon gain less experience defeating lower level Pokemon.
* In ''{{Undertale}}'', if you reduce Napstablook's HP to 0, he reveals he was lowering his HP on purpose to make you feel better, since he can't die on account of already being a ghost. At the end of the fight, you lose 1 EXP.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}}'', leaders can get the Arrested Development trait, which prevents them from gaining experience and subsequently from leveling up. The Stubborn and Slow Learner traits both reduce experience, with the first being a personality trait and the second one being a biological trait. The Conservative biological trait gives a experience penalty, while giving a starting level boost for new leaders.
* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfTanks'' platoons are penalized if there is more than one tier difference between the tanks in the platoon to a maximum of 50% for Tier I tanks platooned up with Tier X tanks. This is to discourage "fail platoons".
*''Videogame/NeverwinterNights'':
** A Multiclassed character receives a 20% exp penalty if the levels of their individual classes are apart by more than one (for instance, a 3rd-level Wizard/5th-level Rogue).
** When travelling with companions, experience gains percentages are reduced depending on how many characters are in the party. (This is balanced out by the fact that the game will spawn more enemies, and therefore a higher base exp, for larger parties.
* In ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'', the penalty for dying was gaining "Experience Debt". While in debt, half of the XP you earned would instead go toward working it off.
* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'': players that constantly leave in-progress matches will gain reduced experience from matches they complete. The penalty is removed once the player has played enough matches without leaving.
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!!Examples:
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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''
** In the 3rd edition, multiclassing incurred an XP penalty unless one of the character's classes was their race's "favored class". Humans got to choose their favored class.
** 1st Edition AD&D ''Dungeon Master's Guide'', If a party of {{PC}}s has 10 times (or more) the hit dice/{{Character Level}}s of the monsters they're facing, the Dungeon Master should at least halve the ExperiencePoints they receive for defeating the monsters.
* ''TabletopGame/DCHeroes'': Hero Points are the game's version of ExperiencePoints (they can be used to improve the character).
** If a {{PC}} initiates Killing Combat (tries to kill an opponent), they lose all Hero Points they normally would receive for the adventure. If they enter Killing Combat only after an opponent initiates Killing Combat with them, they only lose half of the possible Hero Points.
** If a player doesn't roleplay their {{PC}} properly (e.g. violating their character's Motivations or displaying sudden personality shifts) then the {{PC}} will forfeit the standard Role-Playing Hero Point award.
* ''TabletopGames/{{Champions}}'': {{PC}}s can be penalized ExperiencePoints if they roleplay poorly or the adventure is a terrible failure.
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* ''StarcraftII'': During multiplayer matches, the amount of experience given for killing and building units drops to a third after a certain amount of time has passed.
* ''WarcraftIII'': In the Frozen Throne expansion, heroes gain experience for killing creeps up to level 5, after which only enemy units give experience (creeps can still be killed for gold and items).
* ''DragonQuestVI'': Gaining levels in classes is determined by the number of battles fought against sufficiently strong enemies. If the character's level is too high for the area, battles fought in that area no longer count (the Spiegelspire is the first area with no level cap, making it a PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling despite the enemies not being endgame-difficult).
* ''DragonQuestIX'': Experience is split by the number of characters in the party. MetalSlime runs can be very rewarding with only the main character, but very easy to lose in the higher level grottoes.
* In ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'', higher level Pokemon gain less experience defeating lower level Pokemon.
* In ''{{Undertale}}'', if you reduce Napstablook's HP to 0, he reveals he was lowering his HP on purpose to make you feel better, since he can't die on account of already being a ghost. At the end of the fight, you lose 1 EXP.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}}'', leaders can get the Arrested Development trait, which prevents them from gaining experience and subsequently from leveling up. The Stubborn and Slow Learner traits both reduce experience, with the first being a personality trait and the second one being a biological trait. The Conservative biological trait gives a experience penalty, while giving a starting level boost for new leaders.
* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfTanks'' platoons are penalized if there is more than one tier difference between the tanks in the platoon to a maximum of 50% for Tier I tanks platooned up with Tier X tanks. This is to discourage "fail platoons".
*''Videogame/NeverwinterNights'':
** A Multiclassed character receives a 20% exp penalty if the levels of their individual classes are apart by more than one (for instance, a 3rd-level Wizard/5th-level Rogue).
** When travelling with companions, experience gains percentages are reduced depending on how many characters are in the party. (This is balanced out by the fact that the game will spawn more enemies, and therefore a higher base exp, for larger parties.
* In ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'', the penalty for dying was gaining "Experience Debt". While in debt, half of the XP you earned would instead go toward working it off.
* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'': players that constantly leave in-progress matches will gain reduced experience from matches they complete. The penalty is removed once the player has played enough matches without leaving.
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