Scholar Scholar is a recurring job in the " Final Fantasy " series . Experts in the theory of warfare , Scholars provide battlefield support and wear academic robes with mortar boards . Like Red Mage s , Scholars have access to both White and Black Magic , but with a far greater range of spells from which to choose — and often automatic access to sensory magic . The trade - off is a lack of offensive ability ; unlike Red Mages , Scholars may not wield swords or daggers , and instead go into battle armed with books or grimoires . Notable Scholars include Harley from " " , Gunther Schultz II from " " , and Tyro from " Final Fantasy Record Keeper " . Typically , a Scholar wears an olive green coat and an academic hat , however nu mou Scholars wear purple robes with gold edges . Appearances . " Final Fantasy III " . The Scholar job is granted to the party by the Fire Crystal . The Scholar has the ability to scan the enemy for weaknesses and can double the effects of healing items . In the 3D remakes , the ability Scan , also known as Study , additionally removes status enhancements on opponents . Harley makes an appearance as a Scholar - like class known as a Secretary . She has the abilities Piercing Sight and Gil Toss . Piercing Sight can give an enemy a new weakness and remove magic effects . Gil Toss does damage by throwing gil at all enemies based on Harley ' s level . Harley also knows the following Band abilities : " Final Fantasy XI " . Scholar is a job class which is introduced in the " " expansion . The Scholar class can cast both white and black magic , similar to the Red Mage job . Scholars have the exclusive ability to change weather conditions around the player , giving them and their allies various advantages for fights . The Grimoire can also be used by those of the Scholar class when they enter battle , and it grants them access to some additional spells . " Final Fantasy XIV " . Scholar is a Soul Crystal job and is similar to the Summoner . However , instead of focusing on damage and debuffing abilities , the Scholar travels alongside a Fairy familiar which assists him or her in casting defensive and enhancement based spells . The Scholar still has access to the Arcanist ' s offensive magic attacks , which does give them fairly significant damage capability ( compared to both White Mages and healing roles in the series as a whole ) , but their primary focus is to keep the party safe with various protective and restoring buffs . The Scholar class is a job exclusive to nu mou . They retain their trademark ability to scan opponents status and loot . The Scholar ' s offensive attacks are spells that target both the enemy and player ' s own parties . " Final Fantasy Type - 0 " . Class Tenth moogle of the Cranberry Knights represents the Scholar class . Scholar concentrates on weakening the enemy ' s attack and defense powers . They specialize in wielding books in battle . " Final Fantasy Artniks " . The Scholar appears as a character card . " Final Fantasy Record Keeper " . While not classified as a Scholar , Tyro shares many characteristics of one , including usage of books as weapons and donning an academic outfit . " Mobius Final Fantasy " . The Scholar class is available for Chocobo to use . The first few levels of the class give Chocobo abilities that give him information : using Libra to scan an enemy , filling out the map , or identifying any items in Chocobo ' s inventory . He also gets White Wind , which heals his health and Food meters , and spells that improve the effects of potions or spellbooks . The final ability , Truth , duplicates a random spell for the cost of 1 MP . This spell ranges from weak spells like Libra , all the way to Holy or Meteor . " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " . Scholar appears with Ice - , Water - , Fire - , and Lightning - elemental cards . " Triple Triad ( Portal App ) " . Scholar from " Final Fantasy III " has a Triple Triad card .