#like he's (consciously or subconsciously) following in kingston's footsteps more

[thevalleyisjolly]

I don’t think Ricky is particularly likely to multiclass, but I think a cleric multiclass, especially peace cleric, could be really interesting if he chooses to go there.  Like, the first sentence of the subclass description, “The balm of peace thrives at the heart of healthy communities, between friendly nations, and in the souls of the kindhearted” which sounds a lot like Ricky’s character arc in season 2!  And we’ve seen Ricky move towards more caster and support roles this season, being less a front-lines hero guy and more taking a step back and looking at the whole battle and what his friends need, and I think a dip into cleric could be a great way of reflecting that mechanically.  Clerics are one of the most versatile classes, and you can go very different ways with them.  Want to be a full caster?  Cleric lets you do that!  Want to be a melee fighter swinging a great weapon around?  Cleric again!  Want to play a more support role, controlling the battlefield?  Also cleric!  And then there’s the different relationships to faith you can have, and I’m so in love with Kingston’s power coming not from belief in a deity but from the people of New York, what a galaxy brained manifestation of faith that I think Lou Wilson and Brennan Lee Mulligan for every day.

But yeah, cleric!Ricky who is all about reaching out, making connections, and building relationships with people, whose strength comes from these bonds that he makes the effort to create and maintain, who goes into everything with the ability to be the hero, the shining star, and instead chooses to protect and look out for others.