Affected
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Unless a blow hit/affected something exceptionally major - their lungs/heart/head - they'd just keep coming and often destroyed morale and/or army cohesion, though they're otherwise affected by stuff.
Source: Feel No Pain - Even if the player is hit by an area-of-effect attack, the child will not be affected.
Source: Hide Your Children -
You can't have more than a 100% chance to hit, after all (although excess can still be useful if the character is affected by a status effect lowing hit chance).
Source: Cap
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