Talk:Casing (Guide)/@comment-209.237.126.135-20190111210625/@comment-36504000-20190112204130

What would you propose instead? There aren't many great ways to grind for hints or honey to buy at the bazaar (and it costs more in sell value there too), and other sources of bazaar permits are roughly equally good as this. For antique mysteries you can supplement with trade secrets (if you don't need them for a classic short story), but that's limited to 5 mysteries a month. Port Carnelian is good, but you might want a 4-card before unlocking/getting the stats for that.

Much of the same goes for the brilliant souls, really. If you have 20 hell renown you can buy the lodging with 500 brilliant souls and 100 muscaria brandy instead, but thefts are a good source of both of those.