u/Away-Roof6821

I am looking to join a regular for a weekly (or even more frequent) game- paid or otherwise is fine. Preferred system is 5.5e (kinda wanna play one of the new sorc subs), but I am willing to give any established system a try depending on the vibes. (Eventually totally willing to try fully homebrew systems, but want to know the DM first.)

Mainly, what I am looking for is friends to journey with- a party I can trust. I want to find people who make me feel, and I help them feel in return, like we are walking into our own little "Cheers!" every week. No real interest in anyone *looking* for intra-party drama, especially if the excuse is "what the character would do".

About me:

+I have played in a couple of campaigns and am DMing a small game for a friend and his children. (Super nerdy about rules and figuring out how they could be improved.)
+Former character actor who is *not* trying to audition for anything. (i.e - I will do voice(s), but because it is helping me relax.)
+I'm neurodivergent and trying to recover from pretty severe professional burnout... So I would like to play with a DM who takes lines and veils seriously.

I get that StartPlaying.Games is a business for the DMs. They need retention, so they often need to bend further than DMs for home games would.

However, I am currently trying to decide if a game I have been in for six months (and spent $750 so far on) is worth continuing. At least two months of the game have been spent having in-character conversations about how X character acting against the party isn't acceptable.

Three different characters have completely derailed the game. After a few weeks, they make it uncomfortable enough that myself or another player has to make a formal complaint. Then, there is an explosion, the table has a couple weeks to realign, and then a new player get added to the game and fucks everything up again because "it's what [their] character would do."

I'm getting pretty sick of paying $30 a week to teach people who think they're the next D20 star that there is a difference between "yes and" and sociopathy...

Any advice? Any DMs out there actually keep a table of people who play politely together without the need of major in-character drama?

(Edited for grammar after posting.)

Quasi-Experienced weirdo looking for a weekly (or more frequent) campaign!

Are there DM's that actually do anything about bad player behavior?