Pathfinder 1E Successful save against sleep - does the target notice?

[Marshall Gatten]

A spell caster sneaks up on a target and casts sleep. The target successfully makes their will save and the spell fails to affect them.

Was the save a passive thing that the target wouldn't even notice, in which case they still don't know there's a caster around; or do they realize they are under attack? If they realize they've been attacked, do they know what direction it came from?

 

[Nagol]

A creature that successfully saves against a spell that has no obvious physical effects feels a hostile force or a tingle, but cannot deduce the exact nature of the attack. Likewise, if a creature's saving throw succeeds against a targeted spell, you sense that the spell has failed.

 

[N'raac]

Presumably, that was a Silent Sleep spell, since

To provide a verbal component, you must be able to speak in a strong voice.

It's hard to sneak unnoticed when speaking incantations in a strong voice.

 

[Marshall Gatten]

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Presumably, that was a Silent Sleep spell, since It's hard to sneak unnoticed when speaking incantations in a strong voice.

The situations where I enforce component rules have always been pretty limited. And now I will be adding a new one. Oops! That would have made a big difference last night. Okey-doke. Thanks for the reminder!

A creature that successfully saves against a spell that has no obvious physical effects feels a hostile force or a tingle, but cannot deduce the exact nature of the attack.​

And that will undoubtedly still be critical information at some other point. Thanks.

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