> If herbs are scum give me another way to deal with all the

You misunderstood. Scum is not a 4-letter word in adom, it is the cornerstone of the game.
Playing adom without properly using herbs is like playing tetris without the long narrow blocks.
It is like playing that knife game that convicts play where they stab the knife into the table between their fingers, but doing it while drunk, blind and confused.
It is like playing darts without arms.
It is like shaving your dog with a spoon.
It just doesn't work for noobs, period.
This is the main reason to lessen the effect of herbs, it makes the game trivial for those who know the exploit, while making the game impossible for those who don't.