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** The "Draconomicon" sourcebook partially subverts it by introducing a bit of mostly-fluff about most dragons progressively weakening and becoming senile after a few millenia; however, this is relatively easy to remedy for any dragon with the motivation to do so.

** The ''[[Ravenloft]]'' setting is especially keen on doing this with [[The Undead]], being a [[Gothic Horror]] setting. Vampires, liches and mummies especially get age categories similar to those of dragons.

* ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' and ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' contains plenty of examples, and though many are due to the "more experience" version many others fit this trope. [[Our Orcs Are Different|Orcs/Orks]], for example, grow [[Large and In Charge|larger, tougher and meaner]] with age, the oldest being hulking monstrosities even by their standards. A more minor example, [[Space Marine|SpaceMarines]] seem to grow in size along with rank and age. [~~http~~://~~www~~.philipsibbering.com/WH40KRP/40K_9_Marine_1_Morphology.shtml It is theorized they practically never stop growing], though it will lessen.

* ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' and ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' contains plenty of examples, and though many are due to the "more experience" version many others fit this trope. [[Our Orcs Are Different|Orcs/Orks]], for example, grow [[Large and In Charge|larger, tougher and meaner]] with age, the oldest being hulking monstrosities even by their standards. A more minor example, [[Space Marine|SpaceMarines]] seem to grow in size along with rank and age. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100405221652/http://philipsibbering.com/WH40KRP/40K_9_Marine_1_Morphology.shtml It is theorized they practically never stop growing], though it will lessen.

** Less noticeably, although dwarves do not get larger with age they do get notably tougher until they are near death.

* In the ''[[Munchkin (game)|Munchkin]]'' card game, "Ancient" is a +10 monster buff.