Greater Bull’s Strength — Community Spell Archive
Community spell archive · Alternate name · Eighth-level transmutation
A whole company bears a stone gate upright through the night. The old spell catalogue calls their enchantment Greater Bull’s Strength, though another surviving record names the same power Mass Improved Bull’s Strength.
At a Glance
| Archived title | Greater Bull’s Strength |
|---|---|
| Source status | Community-created, historically attributed to Shadowfoot |
| Listed level | Cleric 8, Druid 8, Sorcerer/Wizard 8 |
| Effect | +4 enhancement to Strength for one creature per caster level |
| Duration | 1 hour per 2 caster levels |
| Companion entry | Mass Improved Bull’s Strength |
Two Names for the Extended Group Spell
The older Greater Bull’s Strength entry identifies an eighth-level transmutation for Clerics, Druids, Sorcerers and Wizards. It specifies one subject per caster level, a +4 Strength benefit and a duration of one hour per two levels. It also states that it functions as Mass Bull’s Strength except for the changes given.
The separately preserved Mass Improved Bull’s Strength record has the same original class list, spell level, duration and underlying mass spell effect. Neither archive explains an additional power unique to the Greater-named version. Both titles therefore remain available as historical references, but they do not grant two different stackable enchantments.
Rules by Edition
Greater Bull’s Strength — D&D 2024
Not an official D&D 2024 spell. The published alternative is second-level Enhance Ability, cast with an eighth-level slot if a larger group is required.
Casting Time: Action; Range: Touch; Components: V, S, M (fur or a feather); Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour.
At an eighth-level slot, touch up to seven creatures in total and select Strength for any intended beneficiary. Each recipient has Advantage on Strength ability checks. The spell does not increase Strength scores, double carrying capacity or grant bonuses to attack rolls and saving throws.
These are the official modern alternative’s statistics, not a unique Greater Bull’s Strength spell. The community name survives here solely for cross-reference.
Greater Bull’s Strength — D&D 2014
Not an official D&D 2014 spell. Use second-level Enhance Ability, choosing its Bull’s Strength aspect and an eighth-level slot for a group.
Casting Time: 1 action; Range: Touch; Components: V, S, M (fur or a feather from a beast); Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour.
An eighth-level casting affects seven creatures in total. Targets receiving Bull’s Strength have Advantage on Strength ability checks and doubled carrying capacity. They do not gain +4 Strength or a caster-level duration. This modern effect is not a second stackable version of the archived eighth-level group spell.
Greater Bull’s Strength — Pathfinder 1e
Unofficial Pathfinder 1e adaptation; not a Paizo spell.
School: Transmutation
Level: Cleric 8, Druid 8, Sorcerer/Wizard 8
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Components: V, S, M/DF (a few hairs or a pinch of dung from a bull)
Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Targets: One creature per caster level, no two more than 30 ft. apart
Duration: 1 hour per 2 caster levels
Saving Throw: Will negates (harmless)
Spell Resistance: Yes (harmless)
Each subject gains a +4 enhancement bonus to Strength. Use the Mass Improved Bull’s Strength entry for the detailed adaptation, stacking rules and worked example. Both archive titles describe the same extended mass effect.
Greater Bull’s Strength — D&D 3.5e
Archived community-created spell; not an official core spell.
School: Transmutation
Level: Cleric 8, Druid 8, Sorcerer/Wizard 8
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Components: V, S, M/DF (bull hair or dung)
Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Targets: One creature per caster level, no two more than 30 ft. apart
Duration: 1 hour per 2 caster levels
Saving Throw: Will negates (harmless)
Spell Resistance: Yes (harmless)
As Mass Bull’s Strength, except for the longer duration and eighth-level placement. Each creature gains +4 enhancement to Strength; the effect is not cumulative with a like enhancement bonus. An eighteenth-level caster can affect up to eighteen properly grouped subjects for nine hours.
The older archive’s word “Greater” does not imply a higher enhancement bonus, extra actions or another distinct mass spell. See Mass Improved Bull’s Strength for full tactical use.
Why Preserve the Alternate Name?
Older spell catalogues can send a reader to either title. Keeping this page allows those references to resolve while preventing an accidental rule duplication. The distinction is practical: the fourth-level Improved Bull’s Strength affects one creature, while the eighth-level community working affects a group.
At the Table
A game master can describe a night-long siege, porters moving the timbers of a fallen bridge or workers carrying injured allies through difficult country. Use the detailed mass-improved entry for rules and encounter examples. Naming the same enchantment twice should never double its +4 bonus or its duration.
Source and Archive Note
The earlier Greater Bull’s Strength page credits Shadowfoot of the Wizards Community forums; the underlying discussion could not be verified. The title and statistics are preserved from that site archive. For the official underlying spells consult the D&D 3.5e Mass Bull’s Strength, Pathfinder 1e Mass Bull’s Strength and the published Enhance Ability. The community variant is not presented as a publisher-authenticated rules source.
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