Just to note, I have seen DMs play favorites with people who were not their significant other.
I have also seen DMs not play favorites with their significant other.
So, both clearly exist.
Just saying.
GMs play favorites. It's human nature. It's not a problem unless it crosses some thresholds where people feel like the favoritism is interfering with their fun.
I absolutely bias my GM activities in favor of certain players. In our current group we have a player who is the least engaged and least invested, so I am definitely doing my best to get him more engaged and invested. I will even tailor encounters and items to be things or activities that allow him to shine.
In a month I might be doing the same with a completely different player.
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Just to note, I have seen DMs play favorites with people who were not their significant other.
I have also seen DMs not play favorites with their significant other.
So, both clearly exist.
Just saying.
GMs play favorites. It's human nature. It's not a problem unless it crosses some thresholds where people feel like the favoritism is interfering with their fun.
I absolutely bias my GM activities in favor of certain players. In our current group we have a player who is the least engaged and least invested, so I am definitely doing my best to get him more engaged and invested. I will even tailor encounters and items to be things or activities that allow him to shine.
In a month I might be doing the same with a completely different player.
I wouldn't really view that as playing favorites though, that's just being a good GM and ensuring that your players are all actively engaged. I've often run campaigns where my players are all, at one time or another, the star of the show, and there's nothing wrong with that, everyone should get their chance to shine. I view "playing favorites" to be more a matter of a GM actively siding with one player against others in matters that are party business, not rules business, and similar offenses.
CLW can be cheaper can't it...
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An old player in our group had a cleric who who insisted that characters who wanted healing kiss his ring before getting it.
Oh that's pretty much just painting a target on one's self.
So many possibilities...so many of them justified...
"Okay, but you should know that I get really passionate when it comes to kissing. Also, I've been sick."
Craft Wand for a Wizard isn't bad... Especially if you also take Craft Staff and the Staff-Like Wands Arcane Discovery. Or a Magus with the Wand Master Arcana.
If they have someone capable of casting cure they can but that is besides the point.
I agree. But it is handy if you can effectively use it.
Gary Made Me Reroll,
This sounds like an issue that you need to discuss with your GM; his significant other may be a valuable member of the group, but she shouldn't be the focus of fun at the table, and he should be aware that it's causing problems for your group, especially if you're not the only one who feels this way. Let your GM handle his significant other, both because she's his significant other, and because he's the GM and it's his job to take care of these sorts of issues.
Healing shouldn't be used to keep the spotlight focused on the cleric, nor should it be used in order to force other players into doing what the cleric wants them to do... Unless this is a deliberate part of the character's design, in which case, it would be perfectly appropriate for you and your fellow players to react to it in fashions that would discourage that sort of behaviour from the party healer.
If you're unwilling to approach your GM about his significant other's style of play, then perhaps you should talk to your GM about making sure a little money falls the group's way so that you can get that wand of Cure Light Wounds you've had your eye on at Uncle Bilby's Bargain Magic Emporium and Barber Shoppe. That might give him a subtle clue that his party healer is causing problems. Of course, you can always play it off as, "We need someone to heal the healer if she goes down. I'm just looking out for the common good!" Of course, if you really want to stick it to the party healer, when she's down and you've got the wand of Cure Light Wounds, you can renegotiate the terms of your arrangement, but be cautious about that move. If the other players at the table get the idea that you're just doing that to be a jerk (even if it's just being a jerk back to her), that could cast a serious shadow over your table.
Best of luck to you.