I think it would be cool next year to have a feature where if you have a Devil's Claw in your inventory when confronted by the Rabid Lioness NPC, you have an option to cure her with the Devil's Claw. This could go into an NCL claim where you would then be able to try to claim the cured lioness just like any other NCL encounter.

A sub-suggestion would be to make it so that she has a very rare chance to have a Special base linked to the October event, but most of the time would just be a normal NCL colour. Curing her could also reward you with blood beetles but that wouldn't necessarily make a feature like this better or worse either way, to me.

Let me know what you think!