Huh, I hadn't thought of Seeker, as I was trying to stay in the Leader branch as I had indeed forgotten that we had another bard.
I completely agree that from any reasonable standpoint that Bard is the wrong choice for Lochlan, except that all the other leaders are worse. But it was the only Leader (other) I could find that granted Bluff, Diplomacy & Insight as class skills. Ardent was great, but none of the powers worked for ranged weapons.
Bard has a smattering of Melee Weapon, Ranged Weapon and Implement powers, for the most part you need to pick one and stick with it.
Not needing to stick with leader gives me a couple other options. Rogue is actually pretty good. I'm looking at a couple others.
Basically I really want Bluff, Insight & Streetwise. My background gives me Streetwise, so that narrows it down to looking at classes that offer both Bluff & Insight, and offer options for Ranged Weapon attacks.
*ponders*