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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aulirophile" data-source="post: 5197308" data-attributes="member: 86312">Prescient Bards are supposed to be Archers, so yes, leveling up Bards have quite a few good Range Weapon Powers (hence Songbows). The one I mentioned, Rhythm of the Blood-Seeking Blade, is incredible in my experience. And Farbond isn't the be all, end all, but Songblade enchants are, on average, weaker then other enchants. You can use a Frost weapon and do the Winter Touched/Lasting Frost combo at Paragon. You can grab a Githyanki Silver Blade. All your attacks now deal psychic damage, so pick up Psychic Lock. If you MC Paladin you can pick up a Bradaman's Weapon and mark two targets per encounter instead of one (not a terrible idea, ValBards are very durable, especially if you take War Chanter PP... and there isn't any other PP I would take as a ValBard). Arcane Implement Proficiency fixes a huge issue with Bards, which is that in order to take the good powers at every level, you have to maintain multiple items (MID, Multiple Item Distribution), or use items that aren't that great. Downside is that with the release of the PHB3, none of those fixes work with Superior Implements, not even Songblades, but since you aren't going to be using the PHB3, not an issue.</blockquote>