Sleep Spell , almost miss use?

[zarconww]

Alright, played Fri night and the GM used a Sleep Spell wrong. Well almost. I didnt start an arguement because all involved made their
saving throws. But I would have. The GM had the BBG cast the "is it
Deeper Slumber" spell that affects up to 10 HD of creatures. We were a
5 man party playing level 5 to 7 tier. We had 2 level 7s , 2 level 6s and
a level 5 in that marching order. The GM had all the party make a saving
throw. The spell should have just tried to affect the first level 7 at
the front and the other 3 HD would have been wasted.
Am I not correct?

[R2D2TS]

Since Deep Slumber works like Sleep it would start with the lowest HD first. The text from the PRD is below with the appropriate text bold.

The PRD wrote:

Sleep
School enchantment (compulsion) [mind-affecting]; Level bard 1, sorcerer/wizard 1

Casting Time 1 round

Components V, S, M (fine sand, rose petals, or a live cricket)

Range medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level)

Area one or more living creatures within a 10-ft.-radius burst

Duration 1 min./level

Saving Throw Will negates; Spell Resistance yes

A sleep spell causes a magical slumber to come upon 4 HD of creatures. Creatures with the fewest HD are affected first. Among creatures with equal HD, those who are closest to the spell's point of origin are affected first. HD that are not sufficient to affect a creature are wasted. Sleeping creatures are helpless. Slapping or wounding awakens an affected creature, but normal noise does not. Awakening a creature is a standard action (an application of the aid another action). Sleep does not target unconscious creatures, constructs, or undead creatures.

[Bruunwald]

Actually, creatures with the fewest HD are affected first by a sleep spell. Deep slumber's description says it's just like sleep but affects 10 HD. That means it would have affected the level 5 first, despite your marching order.

The other 5 HD would have been wasted. Unless there's some metamagic feat I don't know about that could increase the number of HD affected.

[zarconww]

Thanks