If you like weapons that matter I think you should have a look at Mythras and its pretty awesome combat engine. In short you make a roll (possibly opposed because active defense), see what sucess level you land at and choose special effect(s). These range from disengage and choose location (mace to head goes bonk) to impale and sunder armor. Good crunch and impactful.

Also it comes with five magic systems that aren’t just different spell list but they actually work differently.