A feat to gain a domain?

[Alzrius]

And, by the way, Miracle can't, by the RAW, grant inherent bonuses to ability scores.

The RAW only gives "examples" of things a miracle can do for a 5,000 XP cost. Between that, and that the tome magic items list their required spell as being "miracle or wish" that seems to clearly imply that a miracle can grant inherent bonuses.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Indeed, arguably, using Miracle to grant an inherent bonus wouldn't even require 5000XP.

Miracle can, at no XP cost, do the following:

• Duplicate any cleric spell of 8th level or lower (including spells to which you have access because of your domains).

• Duplicate any other spell of 7th level or lower.

• Undo the harmful effects of certain spells, such as feeblemind or insanity.

• Have any effect whose power level is in line with the above effects.

So what sort of effects have a power level in line with the above effects?

Well, duplicating 8th level spells of your class, duplicating 7th level spells from other classes, and undoing the effects of Feeblemind or Insanity are all entries on the list of effects the Wish spell can have with guaranteed safety, so it's not unreasonable to assume that the other entries on that list are effects with a power level in line.

So if adding a +1 inherent bonus is an effect whose power level is in line with duplicating an 8th level spell or undoing Insanity, then it's an effect that can be achieved with a no-XP-cost Miracle...

-Hyp.

 

[eamon]

Argh! I can't believe I forgot the Contemplative!

Of course, as I recall, the Contemplative can only give access to domains the PC's god actually has access to.

That's true, but it's heavily campaign dependent. Even in plain D&D, there's room for clerics of an abstract cause - not a deity - and who's to say the domain doesn't match some cause you've concocted? The contemplative even explicitly mentions the idea of an abstract cause. Further, a druid is less likely to have chosen an explicit god and thus less likely to be required by DM fiat to stay within that god's confines.