Beastmask

Beastmask can affect any single person or animal. It allows the subject (who may be the caster) to take on the illusory form of a single animal species – but only that species of animal can perceive the illusion. The subject cannot assume an animal form more than twice or less than one quarter the character's size.

The almost perfect illusion the spell creates deceives the animals' sight, hearing, smell, and touch. For instance, if the priest casts a “bear” illusion on a subject, bears believe that subject to be a bear, while to humans, other races, and other creatures, the subject remains the same.

Characters normally use beastmask to travel among or hunt a particular species. This spell lets a druid assume the guise of a caribou to move among a herd without causing them to panic. A character also could avoid being attacked by a pack of dire wolves by wearing a wolf's “mask.”

Beastmask does not allow communication with the animal species, though it can be used with animal communication spells.

The material component is a miniature wooden mask carved to look like the animal.