Warlock/ Bard multiclass

Hi all,

Thinking of trying my first multiclass. I'm currently running a level 5 Horned King infernal tiefling warlock from the Crooked Moon. I was thinking of adding a few levels of bard because I wanted to try multi-classing, and we recently lost our Cleric, so it would add a little bit of healing. Just looking for some community feedback about possible builds that would synergize with The Horned King patron.

Basically warlock (especially hexblade) is the total package for a dip of 1-3 levels imho. Eldritch blast for damage, Armor of Ice (temp hp and damage return) and hex are really the only spells you need, and all available at lvl 1 iirc. Sword bard is ok, but you don’t need to go into swords for your subclass with hexblade multi as hexblade gives all the melee proficiencies you will need. If you go deeper to 3 you can even forgo a material blade/store a non artifact/sentient blade that can be summoned using a bonus action.

It’s basically one of the best subclasses for any caster, plus you get to spam Eldritch Blast at pretty much every opportunity and very rarely be wrong in the decision.

If you’re looking for more support with some nice damage options, there’s cleric (twilight/peace/light), but you’ll need to account for needing Wisdom for those spells, and you can only get cleric slots back on a long rest.

Hope this helps!