Do Bards gain extra known spells from high Char.?

[kpdezend]

Wizards do, Sorcerer's do not... and the PHB says nothing specific about Bards. Bards are more like Sorcerer's in that they cast similarly to a Sorcerer, but I imagine that instead of coming from his/her blood, it comes from the song they weave (which is a non-rules argument I could see for allowing bonus spells known from a Char. bonus). I had been doing my bard without these spells, but after I read the Wizards article "Phenomenal Cosmic Power":

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/bk/20030307a

and the passage:....
...err... ummmnnn... maybe the fixed this passage... it used to say that a 2nd level bard with a 16 Char. would have 3 1st level spells...

Well... maybe I just answered my own question.

Oh well, unless any of you guys have a good suggestion, Gestalt Wrathmoor will be stuck at his few # of spells known.

thanks,
- Kent -

 

[hong]

Neither bards nor sorcs gain extra _spells known_ as a result of high Cha. They both gain extra _spells per day_, though.

 

[Destil]

In a word: no.

 

[kpdezend]

thanks

well... can't blame a guy for wishing...
thanks,
- Kent -