Sleep

Enchantment/Charm [mind-affecting, sleep]

• • Level Magic-user 1

  • Components V, S, M

  • Casting Time 1 segment

  • Range 30-ft. plus 10-ft. per caster level

  • Area of Effect 15-ft. radius burst or one creature

  • Duration 5 rounds per caster level

  • Save None

Creatures in the area of effect will fall into a magical slumber (sleeping, magically). 

• Creatures falling asleep will drop any items held and fall prone. 

• Creatures in a magical slumber will not awaken to any amount of noise, but damage (of any kind) will awaken a slumbering creature.

• Slumbering creatures can also be awoken by shaking and slapping (a complex activity to wake one creature).

• The caster can select a single creature within range or creatures in the area of effect.

• The number of creatures affected in the area of effect is a function of hit dice.

Hit Dice     Number of Creatures Affected

Up to 1      4d4

1+1 to 2     2d4

2+1 to 3     1d4

3+1 to 4     1d2

4+1 to 4+4   0-1 (1d2)

4+5 or over  Unaffected

Mixed Group. If the creatures in the area of effect have different hit dice, use the following method to determine creatures affected.

• Roll 4d4 for total hit dice affected.

• The maximum number of creatures is by hit dice category (Less than 1 HD: 16; 1+1 to 2: 8; 2+1 to 3: 4; 3+1 to 4: 2; and 4+1 to 4+4: 1).

• Creatures with lowest hit dice are affected first.

• Creatures are determined at random (i.e. the caster cannot choose). 

• Character classes with 2 hit dice at 1st level are treated as 2 hit dice for the first level and +1 thereafter.

• Any "+" in a creature's hit dice (if 1 HD or more) equals +1 hit dice. Constitution adjustments do not count.

Material Components. The caster must use either: a pinch of sand; a live cricket; or 2 or more rose petals. The components are consumed in the casting of the spell. Cost/Scarcity. Free/common. 

Known Additions/Substitutions. Adding a hair from a night hag or sap from a black willow allows the spell to affect creatures up to 5+5 hit dice (0-1). If substituting sand with sand from a (slain) sandman, the spell will affect up to 6+3 HD (0-1) creatures and will lower any resistances by -20%.