Zachski: Goofing around, I discovered something interesting.

If you have the Acrobatics skill, you don't need to know the magic words to get past the bush blocking the path to Baba Yaga's hut. if it's high enough, you can actually take an acrobatic leap over the bushes instead. It's also a fairly detailed sequence featuring the Hero backing up, running at the bush, and leaping over it.

And the game remembers, too, because when you leave, you'll leap back over the bush.

I wonder what happens if your skill is too low though...

mrprmiller: Well, after some testing, it appears that this is a better way to handle Baba Yaga as the thief in Any%. No more Leshy, which means I can skip straight to getting the grapnel and thieves guild with no need to check the bookcase anymore for the leshy information. This saves at least a minute of time, probably more like two-three.