***Seems it gets the sleep affect even though it get wakened, btw this is my first thief since revamp and I hang my head in shame for complaining about it.

Bard sings 'Cold be hand and heart and bone,
And cold be sleep under stone:
Never more to wake on stony bed,
Never, till the Sun fails and the Moon is dead.'
A human merchant falls into a deep sleep.

<651/651hp 435m 515mv 8169tnl (11 PM)> # $target is now set to {mer}

Assassin's cleave DISMEMBERS a human merchant!
A human merchant's stab devastates Subira!

<651/651hp 435m 515mv 8169tnl (11 PM)> wear blackjack
bl mer
You stop using the dagger of Yog-Sothoth.
You dual wield a blackjack.
You feel quite confident with a blackjack.

<651/651hp 435m 515mv 8169tnl (11 PM)> She is already knocked out.

<651/651hp 435m 515mv 8169tnl (11 PM)>
Assassin's cut DISMEMBERS a human merchant!
A human merchant's stab maims Assassin!
A human merchant's stab misses Assassin.

<651/651hp 435m 515mv 8169tnl (11 PM)> bl mer
She is already knocked out.

<651/651hp 435m 515mv 8169tnl (11 PM)>

I always see the message they wake up when initially damaged.

The Chief wakes and stands up.
Zthief's punch decimates the Chief!

I'm betting there were two. Otherwise, why sleep one? So, bard sleeps 1.merchant and not 2.merchant, you hit jack merchant and it actually calls jack 1.merchant, which is asleep (still) while the assassin is fighting 2.merchant (who never slept).

-2cent