5e is fine but I also love indie games and creators
As the forever DM of my group, I am always willing to be a PC in a players game no matter the system (so far)… because I just want to play haha. I do only really run D&D myself though haha. We have talked about swapping to PE though because of Hasbro..
If you do make that change I'd really recommend playing a couple of oneshots between the switch with totally different systems. I'm finally exploring different TTRPGs now and it's made me realise I was doing the equivalent of only watching one franchise film series with all of cinema available.
I've had a killer time with FATE, City of Mist and Blades in the Dark.
I've absolutely loved narrative heavy oneshot games like Alice is Missing, For the Queen and Ten Candles.
I've enjoyed collaborative worldbuilding games like The Quiet year and Microscope (or anything else made by Ben Robbins), although I do think these are best to build a setting to play in because they leave some specific itch unscratched.You know what your players like, I know mine are split between wanting to feel like they're devising a story that would make a good show and the other half are looking to be emotionally ransacked, so story heavy games that put the worldbuilding and decisions in the hands of the players is perfect for me.
Oh, I'm even harder to pull. I know I've had a couple friends try to jump me into other settings this way, but if I can't convert my legacy Pathfinder characters into the setting you're trying to get into without having to sand parts off and sacrifice parts of the vision, it's a lot harder to get me to consider it more than that one time-- which is ironically, a lot of the reason I don't gel with 5e. Not enough splats for me to run my aged concepts as envisioned without having to make ill-fitting changes, or figure out how to convert a non-core Pathfinder class to 5e.
Maybe try a game in a different genre than fantasy. That way you won't constantly be comparing the system or your PC to Path Finder.
Pictured: Me, getting excited for DC20, even though I know I'll never get to play it
