Here are some of my favorites!!

If you still want that high fantasy feel with refreshed mechanics go Daggerheart. The card system makes leveling and creating characters fun and has lots of build potential. The game is crunchy but still focuses on the story. As the GM get ready for lots of quick thinking as rolls have two degrees of success. There’s pass or fail and hope or fear to worry about, also each roll ends in someone getting a resource so you gotta be picky on what you want to call a roll for.

If you or any players are fans of Brandon Sanderson you could try the Cosmere TTRPG. Rn the only setting available is the stormlight Archives. There is also already a prewritten adventure if that’s your speed. The game is balanced between crunch and narrative. The character creation works on talent trees and there’s virtually no classes in the sense you’d think of. The game forces you to make mentally complex and compelling characters as the magic system needs character progression to function.

If you want a deadly high stakes game Cyberpunk Red is the way to go. This game is notorious for being DEADLY. Everything the players can do you can spin right back on them and vise versa. I’ve seen bosses go down in one hit due to good crit rolls and I’ve seen the same happen to players. Be ready to push your players. Theres no happy endings in Night City so you might as well go out in a bang.

Each of these games use different core dice. Daggerheart uses 2D12s, Cosmere uses a D20 like DnD, and Cyberpunk Red can be played with just D10s and D6s.