Scholar's Seal (Rev. 36)

A symbolic seal gifted to the most renowned philosophers of ancient times.

Tier	UT
MP Cost	200
On Equip	+4 SPD, +4 DEX
Effect(s)	On party: MP boost (+ $\begin{cases}34&\text{(wis}<50)\\34+2(\text{wis}-50)&\text{(wis}\geq50)\\\end{cases}$ MP) On party: WIS boost (+ 15 WIS) MP/WIS Boost Duration : $\begin{cases}5&\text{(wis}<50)\\5+\frac{0.1(\text{wis}-50)}{\lfloor1\rfloor}&\text{(wis}\geq50)\\\end{cases}$ seconds MP/WIS Boost Range: $\begin{cases}3&\text{(wis}<50)\\3+\frac{0.1(\text{wis}-50)}{\lfloor1\rfloor}&\text{(wis}\geq50)\\\end{cases}$ tiles Healing Duration: $\begin{cases}3&\text{(wis}<50)\\3+\frac{0.1(\text{wis}-50)}{\lfloor1\rfloor}&\text{(wis}\geq50)\\\end{cases}$ seconds Healing Range: $\begin{cases}5&\text{(wis}<50)\\5+0.1(\text{wis}-50)&\text{(wis}\geq50)\\\end{cases}$ squares
Cooldown	5 second(s)
XP Bonus	7%
Soulbound
Feed Power	800

Loot Bag
Drops From	Avalon the Archivist Standard Quest Chest

Notes
A unique seal that gives up on the Damaging and HP buffs to provide MP and WIS buffs to the party. While somewhat situational, it’s highly useful in group efforts where abilities matter, as the WIS buffs in particular can work wonders with the wisdom modifiers of other classes like Priests or Sorcerers. However, as it lacks the damage and survivability boosting abilities of a tiered seal, it should always be used as a swapout and never a primary seal.

As with the HP buff provided by tiered seals, the MP buff only increases maximum mana capacity and does not fill up the player’s current mana on use.

Currently, this seal has the highest MP cost of any ability in the game.

History
As of Exalt Version 1.1.0.0 (Sep 2020), the potency of its WIS Boost no longer has WisMod (likely due to the exploit mentioned below) and is set at +15. This seal had received the new WisMod.

On the Public Testing session for Vital Combat, this Seal was the centerpiece of an amusing exploit where the modified WIS modifier would cause its WIS boost to affect its own modifiers, essentially allowing all of its attributes to grow without bound (including the potency of the WIS boost, allowing this to be repeated ad infinitum). Because it was also applied to all allies in a now-massive radius, this could be used to empower any WisMod-boosted abilities to a ridiculous degree, which led to feats such as achieving unlimited buff durations, five-digit HP boosts, the Seal of Blasphemous Prayer effectively granting immortality, and the Scepter of Devastation dealing damage ranging in the ten thousands.

Trivia
This seal’s effects appear to be similar to that of the unreleased Seal of Divine Focus.

Seals