Champion has stopped gaining XP (resolved - not a bug)

This is very annoying, at late game one of my Champions (Bacco the Beggar) has stopped gaining XP 3/4 of the way through Lv 10. I've tried using the Destiny's Gift spell on him to try and level him in the hope it would start working but it does nothing.  Anyone come across this and fixed it?

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Reply #1 Top

You haven't equipped him with the Scythe of the Void, have you?

Reply #2 Top

Check his weapons and other equipment. There is at least one weapon in the game that gives a -100% bonus to experience earned, effectively stopping leveling (I believe it's the Scythe of the Void carried by Ongr the Unbound, the wandering Juggernaut random event). Also check his traits - there are some injuries which carry a penalty to experience gain.

The other thing to do is to check what kinds of enemies you're fighting with him - AI factions will give pitifully low amounts of experience for killing their armies, especially if you have some kind of experience penalty, whereas monsters give you a lot more. Killing a dragon might give you 50 experience, while killing an AI army which could have killed three or four dragons will probably give you no more than 10 experience.

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You guys are right, it was the Scythe of the Void.  Did not think to look at equipment, thanks.