Is SLEEP now useless or is it a bug – example:

My mage used SLEEP (had to touch the first person – range seems bugged too) and 2 NPCs went down.

A 3rd NPC went over and shoved the 1st sleeping mob to wake him and then carried out an attack action against me. Then 1st mob, who had been slept, then went and shoved the 2nd sleeping mob and then carried out an attack action against me . Then 2nd mob, who had been slept, then carried out an attack action against me as normal.

In effect SLEEP did nothing and went from being the best 1st level spell to being pointless. To wake a character should be an action, the same as helping a downed character, with all the other stuff that entails.