Hi -
This confused me for a while, too. There is a pit in the NE part of
the map that drops you directly onto a pressure plate. Falling on
the plate opens a corridor directly to the North. As soon as you
step off the plate, though, it closes back up. Just walking back
over the plate doesn't reopen it, which is why I missed the thing for
some time.
By the way, try casting a healing spell on the duck...
Jeff Shaffer: je...@worldweb.net
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