I was thinking about a way to get rid of the debuff you get from Auntie Ethel.
Have the player direct Volo to the eye the hag removed when he makes his attempt to help the player.

Then again, maybe this is just swapping the hag's debuff for Volo's...

Maybe be able to do something interesting with the hag-kissed eye after it has been removed?


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