Warlock is A bad choice because it doesn't scale well and Bard already has most options covered
Pally (single level) is a popular choice to unlock all weapons / armours
As for sword vs lore, I'm going with lore because the current system doesn't really allow for other party members helping you out and it's really only your skills for most of the games checks
Could you explain the Warlock being a bad choice bit? Don't quite understand that being not exactly D&D familiar
