I don't want to call this a 'FIX'. It might be, it might not be. I got to thinking about the Bard when I made a joke comment on another houserule thread. I remember my 2e Bard, who is the character responsible for my Xorial moniker on the boards. That class chose spells from all the wizard spells. Now, that would be over the top, to say the least. My idea is maybe adding a Spell Knowledge ability. It kinda fits with the whole dabbler concept of the Bard. This could even be expanded to to say that the Bard gains a spell to his list of known spells that comes from ANY spell list. The catch? The Bard treats the spell as being one level higher. This limits him to choosing from 5th level & below. The ability could be spread out appropriately to keep the number to a reasonable amount. This lets the bard get a few spells he would not normally have access to.