Can an inherent bonus be greater than +5?

[Viktyr Gehrig]

Since other effects provide inherent bonuses of greater than +5, I would rule that the entry for the wish spell only applies to inherent bonuses granted through that spell-- and that a +5 inherent bonus is a benchmark for establishing how powerful 9th level spells are.

Any other effect that would grant more than a +5 inherent bonus would have to be sufficiently more powerful than a 9th level spell, and would likely also require a material component worth considerably more than five 25,000 gp diamonds.

It's interesting to note that you can't enhance ability scores with miracle; clerics are typically better at buffing than wizards.

 

[jefgorbach]

Agreed, I always interpreted the Wish as self-limiting to five castings per Instant to prevent creative self-replicating effects from infinite-looping to Pun-Pun levels.