I'm switching to Lem for my organized play group, and I'm leaning toward using Skull & Shackles Lem because he can aid his own checks from the beginning, and I like his Sea Singer role. But I wish he got more spells (the maximum is 4). Whereas CD Lem can get a lot of spells, and is good at casting them, but can never aid his own checks.
So which of the three Lems do you like best, and why?
Lem S&S for me, pretty much for the reason you stated. Self boosting is huge to me, and all those free d4 dice against non-combat bane checks? Yeah, sign me up! Also, I like being able to pick Weapon as my favored card type and with the spell selection in the Bard Class Deck, I'm okay with only four spells.
See this recent Lem thread on the 3 lems I posted, as I was curious as well.
Ahem...