Tree Healing

This spell enables a wounded priest to pass into the interior of a tree and remain hidden within it for as long as desired, being healed by the natural nutrients of the tree. During this time, the caster can see and hear the surroundings of the tree perfectly but is concealed from all forms of detection by the magic of the spell and protected by the tree from any extremes of heat, cold, rain, sunlight, snow, and other conditions. The tree itself gives off no magical aura and is not marked by the caster's entry in any way. All the caster's bodily processes are suspended, so the caster has no need to sleep, breathe, or eat. The caster regains 1 hit point every 6 turns of continuous existence inside the tree. There is a 40% chance that the tree will not the caster is aware of the condition. If more than one disease is present, determine the result separately for each. Tree healing can do nothing against any poisons except tree poisons, which it always neutralizes.

If a tree containing a priest is damaged, the priest takes half of the damage but is free to leave the tree at any time. The caster can use his or her spells or magical items carried to heal the tree from within. Offensive magic must be cast from outside the tree, or the tree is destroyed.

Once the caster of a tree healing spell leaves the tree, the magic ends. Reentry is impossible without another casting of the spell. The caster priest can, however, reach out of the tree to speak, gesture, or discard items, and then duck back in, so long as some part of his or her body remains within the tree. The spell brings all items worn or carried by the caster into the tree, but other items cannot be brought in later. If the priest reaches out of the tree and picks anything up, it cannot pass into the tree.

A tree healing can never be used to enter treants or other sentient forest plants. Any physical damage deliberately done by the priest to the tree while within it results in his or her unceremonious expulsion from the tree, whether the tree is sentient or not.