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I doubt that any existing game will fit his criteria, living or unliving. Notice that he wants highly literary RP in which there are no "power trips". So, basically he wants to play with Tolkien-level DM's and peers whose only aim is to weave an astonishing tapestry of co-ordinated genius just the way he wants, for his pleasure.

Setting aside for a moment the obvious fact that people are on power trips all the time, in life, as well as in RP, and many can't ever be paid enough to serve in that kind of capacity, there is still the logistical issue of finding and hiring a lot of literary talent.

Making his own MUD will only get him half the way there. Most of the "features" he lists depend on other people behaving just the way he wants them to, while also oozing talent. Throw in a punishing environment that would turn off most other players, so this game would basically have to exist for him only. So, obviously, in a real world, we're talking a lot of money. A lot.

The reason I asked was, we all have a dream game, a dream job, a dream house or tropical island, etc. But most of us know enough by the age of 8 to know that unless we are heirs to a multi-million dollar estate, there's no point in discussing our dreams with strangers.