For a fantasy game there was never any doubt I would use the Dungeons and Dragons * system, sure I'm going to incorporate quite a few changes - but I have decided this will be my starting point.
I know for many it is not their favourite system (some people even really loath it) and I would have to agree I have played a lot of systems that I would say are better. There are two main reasons I decided to use it.
1) Everyone I game with is familiar with this system and will not need to learn another one just to play my game. A lot of my fellow players are casual gamers (as I often am) and they will get more opportunity to immerse themselves in the setting and their character if they are not also learning a new system.
2) There is a large amount of material I already have for D&D that I 'm ready to use "as is". I have plenty of extra rules and custom rules I want to bring in, but not having to redevelop a large volume of rules that I basically am happy with is going to give me more time to spend on other stuff.
It is worth mentioning that a lot of the D&D 3.5 rules are available online as part of the SRD document provided by WotC here:
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20/article/srd35
* The blog system is already complaining about what I'm doing, the ampersand symbol is not allowed in labels, so you will see me referring to Dungeons and Dragons as DnD as well as the more typical D&D.
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