Basic Trope: A character/ability/item that starts out powerful, but becomes less useful as the game goes on. * Straight: At the beginning of the game, Bob is your strongest character, but your other characters start overpowering him later in the game. * Exaggerated: Bob is all but a Game Breaker... for all of the first dungeon. After that, he only hits enemies for 1 damage and dies in one hit. * Justified: * Bob is a grizzled old fighter who can defeat weaker enemies with ease, but can't catch up with the newer fighting styles that the other characters and tougher enemies use. * In an RPG, Bob is a latecomer to the group, and in order to avoid a large imbalance between his level and the others (so that he is not ignored by all who play), he has an item which gives him a n