You should be able to make another form used specifically for this purpose. The form itself will have no parent records at all, it will only have a report link for the embedded child table.
You should then be able to have your fancy HTML custom email notification, But then include the special marker to display the record and specify an override form of that form that just has the embedded child table.
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Mark Shnier (YQC)
Quick Base Solution Provider
Your Quick Base Coach
http://QuickBaseCoach.commark.shnier@gmail.com
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