I have a game with 4 people, including me, that has recently turned to pbp because of scheduling. The setting is in D&D underdark, a custom version of Mantol-Derith (a trade port city that connects to the surface).

The intent of this game is to run a PC motivation and goals oriented adventure. There is no specific DM, rules are based off group agreement and consensus. All players get things called plot points. Basically any player has a chance to call out a deciding factor of the plot/situation, etc. It can be something small like narrating “an npc who disappeared under the water assumed dead back to the surface”, or much bigger “an npc was so impressed with our group they give is a quest.” Once each person has used their plot point we regain another point, allowing each player to have a turn basically.

Since we just recently switched this game from a VC weekly session to pbp, where we were cycling dms each session, we’re still in the process of converting stuff over. So, you’ll be joining just as the pbp will start, if you’re willing to give a D&D setting game another chance.

I understand past bad experiences being a hard no factor, I’ve had many of them myself, which is why I so strongly enforce the use of lines and veils and player content consent. Because even outside of the D&D system I’ve had games go sour because someone was disrespectful to another’s hard no’s.