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[@Dark Cloud] [@Guardian Angel Haruki] [@Birdboy] [@Lurking Krog] [@XxFellsingxX] [@LostDestiny]

Ok. By unanimous vote encounters against evil children are no longer on the docket. I offer you all my deepest gratitude for your input, as well as my sincerest apologies for any discomfort I may have caused. I shall try my best to avoid doing this in the future.

It is with this goal in mind that I ask my next question.

I'm sure by now that some of you have guessed that this campaign will feature a coven of hags. Without spoiling too much, one of the coven's members is an [url=https://5e.tools/bestiary.html#annis%20hag_vgm]annis hag[/url]. A variant of hag whose preferred targets are children.

Should I swap the annis out with a different hag?
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I've run an annis hag in a different game and I have a similar villain in Wild Beyond the Witchlight (without giving spoilers). 

Fighting an Annis Hag, or any hag, is not the issue, as they are depicted to be irredeemable monsters.

The main issue with this encounter is fighting the child without the possibility of helping the child.