Does MND directly affect MP pool?

[Apollo]

What stat wise affects MP pool besides the obvious of gear that has +MP?

[Eohmer]

Nothing.

MND reflects the potency of your casting... it doesn't give you extra MP, or any other stats. Only equipment and food give extra MP.

But I'm not a mage so I could be wrong. >.<

[Mog]

+/-MP effects MP pool. That's it.

[Empedocles]

You are correct Eomer.

Base MP is effected only by the Race and Current Main+Sub jobs, and there are only 4 ways I know to increase base MP, one permanent and the others temporary.

1. Food
2. Equipment (I call this temporary because when you remove the equip the MP+ is gone)
3. Items (I know of only one, and that's in besieged)
4. Merits (This is the permanent one)

[Taskmage]

Don't forget the Max MP Bonus job trait from smn, /smn or blu. Each trait seems to add 10 mp.

[Shinhiryu_Kage]

In another mmorgp known as Everquest, Wisdom did affect your mana pool and increased it by a certain #. But in FF11, MND has no affecte on it whatsoever. If EQ is what you were thinking of.