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This thread is an example for the "should you read a thread before you comment in it?" thread. Based on DDB's boilerplate language in OP, I thought the problem was the content of some / a submissions, not the ownership rights and pay for the submissions.

No Artificers, then?

The COVID virus came from a lab, where it was subject to artificial selection.

Corona-19 is now subject to natural selection. It will become more like the other coronaviruses found in nature. Eventually it will affect large groups of people about the same as cold / flu viruses do: most get sniffles or aches, some need a few days' bed rest, a few develop on to bronchitis...

There is a big river near the city. I've figured there is something in the river - swarms of quippers / piranha or carp - that eat the undead when they trudge across the river bottom. Agriculture stays on the other side of the river, and floats its produce (carefully) downstream. Outside...

Mix in a few Mephits who can blind the PCs, auto-hurt them with death bursts, mess up line-of-sight to ranged-attack allies, &c. Give the heavy-hitting monsters a better chance of surviving long enough to get in a second shot (such as a rechargable attack).

The Merchant Princes (through a spokesman) could alert the PCs to the presence and general location of various valuable items. And/or resources - such as the abandoned dwarven "gem mine" that just happens to have a resident dragon, and a stash of adamantine ore. The Princes really want the PCs...

One trial is taken from Grimtooth's Traps.

+1 more for LMNOP (Lost Mines). Some of the tough monsters can be modified to be more "if at first you don't succeed, try try again" -friendly. For instance, the dragon starts out with a flyby and Frightful Presence, not its breath weapon, if the party is not up to that fight. (Show the kids...

Tomb of Annihilation has some "getting lost in the wilderness" rules for D& D 5e. They are not detailed, because per the plot you are supposed to hire a guide not wander the jungles on your own.

If you had read through, you could have given me and somebody else a Thumbs Up as you passed by. 😄

Best use I got out of a Tabaxi's "cheetah sprint" was to run down a fleeing enemy from behind.

The city upriver is new. Basically a trading post for all the peoples who live far upstream to collect their trade-able goods and send them down to civilized lands; conversely it is easier to haul all those manufactured goods to the half-way point upstream and meet everybody there, than to go...

The conversation has been interesting informative and positive, so the opportunity to make light of it just kinda flew the coop.

For the not-Viking Frozen North campaign I am designing, I currently allow almost any PHB race - not Dwarves or Dragonborn, due to in-world lore reasons - and disallow any "iconic to some other setting" race (ex: warforged). Other races I haven't thought about yet but can be persuaded, either way.

In about 9 months, expect a rash of lawsuits involving birth defects - most of which have straightforward explanations involving long-understood causes, a few of which are more complicated, and a sensationalized handful which have medical researchers stumped.

Colorado River / Grand Canyon region: An absolute barrier to travel across the river. Very difficult to get upstream. White-water rafting takes you downstream "for free". I would put this up a tributary, not on the main river. Because it becomes the only travel story tell-able in that area...

Utricularia (sp?) - a carnivorous plant that lives in shallow water. IRL, the suction-based trap can be triggered by bugs, newborn fish fry, and such that tickle a sensor hair. Scaled-up version might grab your foot and cost you movement / a bonus action rather than sucking you in whole...

The Journals of Lewis and Clark will provide you with background ideas. Stuff to hide far upstream: Black Hills of South Dakota. "There's gold in them thar hills". Plus the area is held sacred by the current occupants, who do not appreciate un-sacred trespassers. Plus an Ancient monument...

Depends on where the cases actually are. We saw in Los Angeles, the Sheriff announced he was not going to persecute the restaurants any more - the next weekend his officers busted a block party with almost 1/3 of the partygoers COVID-positive.