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A player or group of players whose win condition reads something like "You win when every player that is not a part of your group is dead.". Factions often have a group ability, not tied to any single member, such as the Mafia's ability to night kill, as well as abilities tied to individual roles, such as the Mafia Cop, an investigator who works for the mafia. This can also loosely define the Town as a Faction.

Frequently in games larger than 12 players (and sometimes in smaller ones, too!), there will be more than one Scum group working against the Town. These 'mafia families' are almost always working against each other, and Moderators should take special care to factor the possibility of scum-on-scum Night Kills into their Game Balance.

The ProTown players should also be aware that having multiple families means that someone can vote with impunity for another Scum, provided they are not on the same team. Therefore, this possibility complicates the task of finding scum by voting patterns somewhat, although the possibility of having the scum take each other out is not to be overlooked. In fact, some games have been 'won' by the Town mainly by surviving while the multiple killers eradicate each other at night, without ever getting a single Lynch correct.

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