Sleep Spell D&D 5.5e/2024, Pathfinder 1e and D&D 3.5e

Each creature you choose in the Sphere makes a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature has the Incapacitated condition until the end of its next turn. At that point, it repeats the saving throw.

If the creature fails the second save, it has the Unconscious condition for the remaining duration. The spell ends on that target if it takes damage or if a creature within 5 feet of it takes an action to shake it out of the spell’s effect.

A creature that does not sleep, such as an elf, or that has Immunity to the Exhaustion condition automatically succeeds on its saving throws against this spell.

D&D 2024 interactions

• The caster chooses which creatures in the Sphere make saving throws, so allies can be excluded.
• The Sphere determines which creatures are checked when the spell is cast. An affected creature does not need to remain inside the original area.
• An Incapacitated creature cannot take actions, Bonus Actions or Reactions, cannot speak and loses Concentration.
• A creature that becomes Unconscious is also Incapacitated and Prone, drops what it is holding, has Speed 0 and suffers the normal attack and saving-throw consequences of the Unconscious condition.
• Damage ends the effect on the target during either the initial Incapacitated stage or the later Unconscious stage.
• If the caster loses Concentration, every remaining effect of the spell ends.
• The spell provides no additional benefit when cast with a higher-level spell slot.
• Counterspell can interrupt the visible casting before Sleep resolves. The caster makes the Constitution saving throw required by the 2024 counterspell.
• Dispel Magic can end the ongoing spell on a chosen affected creature under the 2024 dispelling rules.
• Shield does not protect against Sleep, because the spell makes no attack roll and does not trigger Shield through Magic Missile.

The spell brings magical slumber upon up to 4 HD of creatures. Creatures with the fewest Hit Dice are affected first. Among creatures with equal Hit Dice, those closest to the spell’s point of origin are affected first. Hit Dice that are insufficient to affect the next creature are wasted.

A sleeping creature is helpless. Slapping or wounding it awakens it, but normal noise does not. Awakening another creature is a standard action and an application of the aid another action.

The spell does not target unconscious creatures, constructs or undead creatures.

Mythic Sleep

The mythic version affects up to 8 HD and allows the caster to choose the order in which creatures are affected. An effect that would automatically awaken a sleeping creature instead allows it to attempt a new Will saving throw to awaken.

When augmented at 8th mythic tier by expending three uses of mythic power, the spell can target all other living creatures of 8 HD or fewer within a 1-mile radius centred on the caster. Creatures that fail their saves sleep for a number of days equal to the caster’s tier. The caster can exempt a number of creatures equal to that tier.

Pathfinder 1e interactions

• The 1-round casting time requires the caster to continue casting until immediately before the caster’s next turn. Damage or another disruption can cause the spell to be lost.
• Each creature reached by the HD allocation receives its own Will save and applies spell resistance normally.
• Damage awakens a sleeping creature because wounding is an explicit waking method.
• Lullaby can reduce a legacy target’s Will save against sleep effects. It does not alter the D&D 2024 spell.
• Deep Slumber is the higher-capacity legacy development of the same basic effect.
• A caster who has readied a counterspell can counter Sleep with another casting of Sleep or can attempt to counter it with Dispel Magic.
• Dispel Magic can also remove an ongoing effect through the Pathfinder dispel-check procedure.
• Shield does not apply because Sleep uses a Will save and spell resistance rather than an attack roll.

The spell causes magical slumber to come upon up to 4 Hit Dice of creatures. Creatures with the fewest Hit Dice are affected first. Among creatures with equal Hit Dice, those nearest the point of origin are affected first. Any remaining Hit Dice that cannot affect the next creature are wasted.

Sleeping creatures are helpless. Slapping or wounding an affected creature awakens it, but normal noise does not. Awakening another creature is a standard action and an application of the aid another action.

The spell does not target unconscious creatures, constructs or undead creatures.

Material component: a pinch of fine sand, rose petals or a live cricket.

D&D 3.5e interactions

• The spell completes immediately before the caster’s next turn, leaving the caster vulnerable to interruption throughout the 1-round casting time.
• Each creature reached by the 4-HD allocation receives its own Will save and applies spell resistance.
• Lullaby imposes a penalty on Will saves against sleep effects.
• Deep Slumber raises the legacy capacity to 10 HD.
• A caster who has readied a counterspell can counter Sleep with another casting of Sleep or can attempt to counter it with Dispel Magic.
• Dispel Magic can also end an ongoing effect through the D&D 3.5e dispel-check rules.
• Shield does not apply because Sleep uses a Will save and spell resistance rather than an attack roll.