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What about the room with the staircase and spinning blade?
  • 1 of 3: My first version of this hint file said, "Try to run past the blade right after hitting the timer lever and before it emerges. (Or wait for it to move, and then run past.)" I apologize for this, since it doesn't work.
  • 2 of 3: Instead, you need to crouch-walk past the side of the stairs where the blade appears to keep from activating it at all (since it counts as a trap).
  • 3 of 3: It's hard to do this and make it up the stairs and through the door before the timer expires, so save and keep trying until you make it. (Also, try using the Fleet Foot spell.)