I went with Bard. Always really liked the idea of a Bard, can do some lockpicking some stealth some magic and then party wide buffs and decent ranged/melee combat. Jack of all Trades but master of none. With the +1 to all skill checks and natural high Charisma they are the perfect "Face" for the party.
I ended up dual classing him into a Warlock so I could use my CHA modifier for my attack rolls. Takes a long time for that to come online tho, so for the midgame he was not amazing in combat. Still amazing at skill checks and I really like the witty retort or whatever that uses a song charge to make enemies reroll successful attacks. Saved my ass several times, just make sure to level Bard until he gets the "song charges come back on short rest". Also a bonus short rest when you have a Bard in party is amazing.
He was a lot better in combat once I got that endgame Githyanki 2handed sword.