Sleep

Sleep is a level 1 enchantment spell. It allows the spellcaster to temporarily make conscious creatures fall into a deep slumber.

Description

Put creatures into a magical slumber. Select targets up to a combined 24 Hit Points.

The condition ends upon taking damage.

Properties

Cost

 Action +  Level 1 Spell Slot

Details

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Targets: Creatures with cumulative HP less than 24

At higher levels

Upcasting: Affect creatures with more hit points at higher levels. The total hit points of creatures this spell can affect is increased by 8 hit points per level.

Technical details

UID

Target_Sleep

Spell flags

HasHighGroundRangeExtension, HasSomaticComponent, HasVerbalComponent, IgnorePreviouslyPickedEntities, IsHarmful, IsSpell, RangeIgnoreVerticalThreshold

Condition: Sleeping

 Sleeping

Duration: 2 turns

• A sleeping creature cannot move or act.
• Moreover, the creature automatically fails Strength and Dexterity saving throws.
• Attack rolls against it have Advantage, and any attack that hits the creature is a critical hit if the attacker is within 1.5 m / 5 ft of the creature.
• Removed by taking damage, becoming  Wet, receiving  Help or being  Shoved.

 Unconscious

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 1: Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard, Knowledge Domain (Domain Spell), The Archfey, and Draconic Bloodline (Brass/Fire Ancestry)
• Class level 3: Arcane Trickster, and Eldritch Knight

Granted by features:

•  Magic Initiate: Bard
•  Magic Initiate: Sorcerer
•  Magic Initiate: Wizard

Other ways to learn:

• Wizards can scribe a  Scroll of Sleep to their spellbooks.

Notes

• This spell cannot be used against Undead or creatures immune to magical sleep. Magical sleep immunity is most commonly seen among races with  Fey Ancestry. For those not born with this immunity, an  Elixir of Peerless Focus grants the same benefit.

External links

• ⁠Sleep on the Forgotten Realms Wiki