L^: mu4, i4	-	R#: (1")*	-	D^: S
C^: v.s.m (i: v.s)	-	CT: 1t (i: 4)	-	S^: None
A^: (11' x 1" square)*	-	-	-	-

Area: The spell persists until the caster commands it to cease or until a dispel magic is cast upon the creatures.

Effect: When this spell is cast upon willing creatures of man-size or smaller,
up to 10 such creatures per level of experience of the magic-user can be made to appear as normal 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 the illusion.
Note, however, that blows to the creature-trees will reveal their nature,
as damage will be sustained by the creatures struck and blood will be seen.
Creatures massmorphed must be within the spell‘s area of effect.
Unwilling creatures are not affected.

MC: A handful of bark chips.
 

WSG: The characters and creatures of an adventuring
party can be made safe from any number of natural hazards
(sandstorm, hailstorm, extreme temperature, etc.) by turning
them into trees until the hazard has ceased to exist. Only a blow
from a weapon (not simply a bare fist) or the impact of some
harmful magic effect (magic missile, death spell, etc.) will cause
damage to characters and creatures while they are massmorphed.
Of course, they are still subject to effects that can harm
trees (fire, lightning, extremely strong wind, acid, etc.). And,
spending time in the form of a tree does not alleviate the need for
nourishment; these illusionary “trees” cannot eat, and cannot
soak up water from the ground, so that any characters or creatures
that remain in this altered state for an extended period of
time may be in dire need of food and water when the magic is dispelled,
and they may even die from lack of nourishment if kept in
this form for too long. Needless to say, the rest of the party is in
big trouble if the spell-caster is “chopped down” before he has a
chance to dispel the magic.
 

Q: Is the turning of creatures into
trees the only function of a massmorph
spell?
A: Yes, and it can be handy, too.
(145.12)