While a creature sleeps, it is subjected to the unconscious condition. Yes, sleeping creatures are unconscious regardless of the nature of their sleep: I now wonder if this was not the correct way to manage the situation.Īll this is laid out in Xanathar's Guide to Everything on page 77 in the section describing the optional rules for sleeping creatures. In the past I have treated sleeping PCs as 'surprised' in the first round of combat but woken by the sentry's shouting, and able to act in the second round. being disturbed during their sleep).Īn in-game reason for waking characters would be the sentry trying to alert the PCs to a night-time ambush upon their camp. In this question I am interested only in waking people prematurely from their sleep (ie. It also has a very niche application to the broader question of 'how can I wake mundanely sleeping people?'. However, this an example of the sleeper waking themselves, rather than being woken by something external. In my own research, I have found that the Wizard and Ranger spell Alarm is able to wake its sleeping caster ( SRD p.114). immune to the impact of light and noise)?Īre there any ways to wake someone from a mundane sleep other than doing damage to them or using an action? But, is anything else different?Īre characters that are mundanely asleep considered to be Unconscious in the same way as characters that are magically asleep (i.e. Obviously, mundane sleepers are not under the affect of a spell, so can't be woken by the spell ending. RAW, does it require the same level of intervention to wake someone from a mundane sleep, as from a magical one? Things like loud noises, or flashing lights, which might normally be considered to wake a person, in real life, are (RAW) ineffective because they are considered to be 'unaware of their surroundings'.
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