Considering Slayers predates D&D3e, it was written (and turned into an anime) long before the epic-level D&D rules were written.
Likewise, Record of Lodoss War predates AD&D Second Edition.
It's possible that the stories inspired the games, but unless somebody at TSR had a time machine, the games didn't inspire the stories.
Oh, yes... Back in the day, before all these new-fangled things like the World-Wide Web were around, I often remarked that Lodoss showed a typical D&D campaign while Slayers showed a typical D&D PC party (of the munchkin sort, but that's all there was back then)...
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Likewise, Record of Lodoss War predates AD&D Second Edition.
It's possible that the stories inspired the games, but unless somebody at TSR had a time machine, the games didn't inspire the stories.
Oh, yes... Back in the day, before all these new-fangled things like the World-Wide Web were around, I often remarked that Lodoss showed a typical D&D campaign while Slayers showed a typical D&D PC party (of the munchkin sort, but that's all there was back then)...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012