Inverts
Returns
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Blazing Sword inverts this fully, while Sacred Stones returns the personalities to their original colors but keeps the statistical inversion.
Source: Video Game / Fire Emblem - Dark Souls II both plays this straight an inverts it: all stats have diminishing returns and the soft cap is still at 40, but the points from 30-40 are worth considerably more (about 50% greater return per point) than the first thirty.
Source: Diminishing Returns for Balance -
In Superman Returns, his catch of an entire powerless airplane somewhat inverts the usual trope in that it is the man who catches the vehicle.
Source: Catch a Falling Star
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