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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8666453" data-attributes="member: 6801845">You run villains differently than I do.  If the no-goodnick will kill a 14 year old heir,  they'll kill a baby heir.   Either they're removing an heir who is otherwise innocent (which is the case if I understand) or they're eliminating an individual for some other reason.If they're eliminating an heir, the heir's age is irrelevant.  If they're eliminating an individual, the baby is still that individual no matter what their apparent physical age is.  If the baby retains the mentality of the 14 year old, the bad guy isn't really killing a baby regardless of the physical form.  If the baby does not retain the mentality of the 14 year old, the court wizard already effectively killed them.In any case, I wouldn't allow polymorph to do this.  If you can recreate someone in a different physical form, is the new form still the heir?  Are they still they heir if they have the mentality of a baby?  If the bad guy (tm)  won't kill the baby they can always just ship them off to be raised on a farm somewhere so nothing was really gained.</blockquote>