What next for Bard?

gorris75

I have a bard in my party which has just upgraded, allowing me to add another weapon to her proficiencies. Currently she is good , but not great (a typical character attribute) with mace, spear and dagger. I would like to have another party member able to use ranged weapons, a sling+1 for example, that I have stored away. Also cached are a special bastard sword+2, a war hammer +1 and a short bow +1. I do not use my bard as a melee character generally, but as a stand-off caster.
What is the best choice ? I cannot enter more proficiency points in any current weapon, I have to choose another.
Just asking...and thanks for opinions.
gorris75

Wowo

A good choice for bard is any weapon that does a lot of damage even at the cost of slow attacks.

Heavy Crossbow is a good choice as you can attack with it and then reactivate bard song without characters losing the buff.

It's tedious to micromanage attacking every round with this strategy but it can be really handy to have the attack available if you need it to, say, interrupt a spell caster.

sarevok57

even long bow is a decent choice, there is a few bows that give additional attacks per round, so that's always nice

mf2112

I ended up taking axes the last couple times for my bard just because there are a lot of good axes in IWD.

gorris75

I never thought of crossbow or longbow or axe. Thanks

sarevok57

actually axe could be a great idea, you can find a throwing axe+2 that returns while thrown, one of my favourite weapons