>>6464439That's more due to Wizardry's massive influence on JRPGs than anything else, though Wizardry got it from D&D.
>>6407568Other way around, Sword World exists due to Lodoss, which began as a series of D&D replays though IIRC they also used the setting with Runequest. Sword World was made as a system more accessible to Japanese players, due to the rarity of unusual dice, and as one they could sell as a Lodoss product.
