My point was that it's still limited by the bounds of the spell, CL shenanigans don't allow him to really do anything he already couldn't. Doesn't seem at different than a wish once you remove the limitations of certain things costing xp.
This is how I / anyone I've ever played with IRL treats Miracle anyway. Just that anything like granting the inherent bonus would normally cost the XP, which you don't have to worry about. The secondary validation for this is the fact that any magic item that requires Wish as a prerequisite also offers Miracle as an alternative, again with the archetypal example being the inherent bonuses.
This is going to be another thing that requires DM interpretation though.
Well it may be a matter of power level rather than access. If its just access, Nom could probably take out an ethereal doppelganger then trade with a greater doppelganger. The brain of a Body out of Body clone for access to the greater's abilities would be win-win for everyone (well everyone but the clone).
+1 to eating clones. Also, if need be there is also the Burrow Root in MM5, which has the best worded split quality I know of.
Also, assumptions I'm working off of with enforced transparency from Magic Mantle means...
A) Manifester Level = Caster Level. The main occurrence of this being having half my manifesting class levels being applied to Ur-Priest.
B) That I could RoS Dispel Psionics.
Assumptions I'm going off of in general...
A) It is possible to "counter-manifest" at all. XPH is silent on this issue.
B) I can use Dispel Psionics to counterspell spells or powers in the same way as Dispel Magic could.