When this ritual is cast upon willing creatures of man-size or smaller, up to 10 such creatures per rank can be magically altered to appear as trees of any sort. Thus, a company of creatures can be made to appear as a copse, grove, or orchard. Furthermore, these massmorphed creatures can be passed through and even touched by other creatures without revealing their true nature. Note, however, that blows to the creature-trees cause damage, and blood can be seen.
Creatures to be massmorphed must be within the area of effect equal to a 10 foot diameter area per rank (20 foot diameter at rank 2, 30 foot at rank 3, etc.); unwilling creatures are not affected. Affected creatures remain unmoving but aware, subject to normal sleep requirements, and able to see, hear, and feel for as long as the spell is in effect. The spell persists until the caster commands it to cease, the duration expires or until a successful counterspell is cast upon the creatures.
The ritual takes 1 hour to perform. |