Uniting Humanity by Starting a Civil War in Total Warhammer 3

The greatest political maneuver of all time.
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[@scorpio0494]

As Reggie once stated: “Much like a highschool girl, without popularity, Karl’s empire begins to physically decompose”

[@tylercobb8747]

😂

[@ds1enjoyer403]

INCREDIBILIS!

[@kommissarsenfklo576]

ETIAM!

[@erlanddrow7950]

I just saw that one yesterday 😅

[@blazingreaperx1394]

INFIRMUS!

[@TheVoidIsCold]

The fact that all of the Elector Counts don't start at war with Sylvania means that they don't consider it a rogue state. Lmao.

[@SparkSovereign]

Technically, Vlad von Carstein probably has a more legitimate claim to not only his own county but the imperial throne itself than most of the other counts do 😂 he's also arguably more generous and fair to his subjects than some of the other Elector Counts, at least in lore. His successors, on the other hand...not so much.

[@Penitent_One]

Just like it was in the lore, Sylvania under Vampires still a part of the empire. Why would they be at war?

[@Isomeria450]

@@SparkSovereign Who is his successors and how bad are they?

[@SparkSovereign]

@@Isomeria450 the most notable are Konrad "kill people at random while hallucinating" von Carstein and Manfred "chronic backstabbing disorder" von Carstein. The former was such a mess that vampire society pretty much collapsed and only isolated enclaves like Neferata's Silver Pinnacle survived, and the latter not only arranged for Vlad to get killed but later did something so incredibly shortsighted that he's more or less directly responsible for the planet exploding during the End Times. So yeah, they went from "reasonable authority figure with smelly friends" to "crazed butcher" to "literally blew up the world out of jealousy". Not the ideal trajectory for managerial competence, to put it lightly 😂

[@icycoatl3185]

@Isomeria450 just look up Mannfred Von Carstein and his shenanigans. Dude is insufferable on multiple levels.

[@EzraHendler]

"Humankind has three basic needs: food, water, and the unsuppressed urge to blow something..."

[@austinjohnson6642]

He was thinking of Reggie

[@bonnieturner9116]

Amen, sister

[@mirceazaharia2094]

So, no sleep, reproduction, social acceptance or meaning?

[@hardcorelace7565]

​@@mirceazaharia2094no, he said basic needs. Those are longterm goals

[@ZeroFormLak]

​@@mirceazaharia2094you mean bigger booms?

[@saltamuertosturambar4050]

Ah, yes. My favourite count of Hochland: *Festus*

[@MartynWilkinson45]

Any faction with artillary can steal artillary from an enemy army of the same race. Back in warhammer two, farming revolts was a viable strategy for certain factions in the very early game for both loot and the chance for early cannons or trebs or plagueclaws. You might not have seen it because you need an empty slot in your army, and is only something like 10% chance.

[@mranderson9553]

even worse i think it's 5% because there was a mod that buffed it to 10%, at the very least that was the case, no idea about buffs or nerfs

[@veshchiypolyak]

The main strat for empire as karl was sacking fort for free mortars, but CA in one patch delete mortars from level one fort so RIP

[@YSleepish]

Your infantry men can also steal skin from enemy troops. Tear off their skin. Shed your own, their skin is better. Wear their skin.

[@MartynWilkinson45]

@@YSleepish more a chaos thing than an Empire thing, but you keep that energy.

[@Your-Magesty]

Whaaattt i litteraly never heard or seen in or had it in my empire campaigns

[@rangerriggs5066]

Karl Franz on Turn 1: SUMMON THE ELECTOR COUNTS Karl Franz on Turn 20: WHERE ARE MY ELECTOR COUNTS

[@minibotas9496]

Can’t believe Azhag recreated his canonical death Landing on a lot of human units thinking he can take them, as his crown begs him not to

[@Joebaseball-qp2nk]

Life imitates art

[@jakeking974]

"what is Gelt made out of?" I mean, technically gold, but also whatever the hell he wants, he's kind of an expert at transmutation. So maybe it's just gold-plated Sigmarite.

[@danghostman2814]

It's gold plated gold. Don't say anything about the gromril. It's a secret from everyone.

[@teal_m_101]

All elector counts are equals within the Empire, Blessed by Holy Sigmar. Though Reikland may be a little bit more equal than the rest. And Stirland, a bit less equal

[@Ranoveramotherin2007]

bastard

[@Mathiasnyg]

Nobody likes Stirland

[@matthewyeldig4608]

"Declaring war on every human faction, and uniting the Empire... Eh, kinda!" Bro's the best kind of correct, *TECHNICLY.*

[@rokkraljkolesa9317]

"if I told my daughter she was technically beautiful, she'd hit me"

[@christhumbsupemoji]

as a karl main this hurt to watch also the summon elector counts button only exists when you own all elector seats so you didn’t miss out on anything special abilities

[@PenguinWithInternetAccess]

Vlad Von Carstein once he gets his ring is just the Simpson's guy being kicked out by the bartender meme except he can also take out your army by himself

[@setster007]

That is the funniest way to describe it, and perfectly accurate.

[@Boosted_Garbage]

Dude, you and Reggie’s warhammer videos are like crack to me, I NEED MORE

[@PurpleHeartE54]

Ever seen BrilliantStupidity? He does Warhammer 3 vids as well, and same for More Warpstone.

[@DanielSan1776]

@@PurpleHeartE54 Big Agree His squig only campaign video he just uploaded is great 1hour+ content Praximus is a smaller sub guy, just as solid though

[@PurpleHeartE54]

@@DanielSan1776 I happen to have a playlist on my channel that I call "The Reggie Stupidity", as it's a concoction of *The* Grim Kleaper, *Reggie*, and Brilliant*Stupidity*'s videos in one package. I have yet to update it though.

[@judahsmyth5398]

as someone who was dissuaded from playing empire in warhammer 3 by the authority mechanic, not wanting to get into the negatives at all despite my playstyle pretty much being "forget diplomacy, conquer all", finding out that getting to -10 bascially resets your authority effects makes it a bit more attractive

[@jakeking974]

Ah, yes, Vlad Von Carstein, Vampire Lord of Slovenia

[@SamuelPulkkinen-jp8ev]

"Bow before the Emperor!" "OKAY, we will! We are! Can we have peace now?!" "Oh, sorry, that's just what my battle cry is, though I can understand the confusion."

[@IlBuonDiavolo131313]

41:10 Love how this bug showcased that the 'Imperial Authority' is even more of a reskin of the 'High Elf Influence' mechanic, CA better overhaul the SH*T out of the Empire when Thrones of Decay drops! EDIT: well, now that ToD is getting released, the new updates look good! Ain't i a d1ck...

[@josecoronadonieto6911]

Throngs of delays

[@IlBuonDiavolo131313]

@@josecoronadonieto6911 I am willing to endure the delays if that means they'll knock our socks off with TOD. It's the Empire and the Dawi and Nurgle we are talking about! Two are beloved factions and one desperately needs a proper rework and additional units! ...i mean, the others do too, but the dawi and Nurgle especially!

[@alexanderlow919]

Thing is empire existed in Warhammer 1 game😂 and there is no faction mechanic for empire in that game

[@ChargeQM]

I wouldn't hold my breath...

[@comediccomrade5716]

Uniting the empire through civil war as a Franz main brings me agony

[@mirceazaharia2094]

I'm no exceptionally patient with that whole... what was it again?... mechanic, soooooo war it is.

[@Delmworks]

I mean, not a surprise…from what I’m aware, there’s two kinds of TWW3 players: -never plays empire -ONLY plays empire And Kleaper is not the former

[@Zan10242]

@@Delmworksyou mean latter

[@Lockerus]

Karl Franz after destroying the empire through civil war: “look we’re all trying to find the guy who did this!”

[@Fire_Summoner]

It's better to be at war with everyone than have them slightly annoyed at you. Makes sense.

[@jakeking974]

>underhive located >Ubersreik Hard pass from me, dawg, I don't have a deathwish. Ikit can have that one, I don't know a human alive who needs a skaven infestation THAT intense. Actually, strike that, I know of THREE humans, an elf, and a dwarf that don't exactly NEED to kill Skaven, but they're pretty goddamn good at it.

[@John-Stark]

Speaking of those 5 when's someone going to mod them in?

[@thenightqueen0]

"Ah yes, Balthazar Gelt. The Governor of Texas." Difference is that he knows how to make money ... though we don't know if he makes TOO much money ...

[@zakirbakar3540]

For every Kleaper this comment gets I’ll get one count of felony tax evasion

[@TheOfficalBiggestBird]

Kleaper

[@thundermtn845]

Kleaper the irs

[@toddungary8541]

Kleaper

[@CommunistGoldfish1]

Kleaper, god speed

[@Boss2623.]

Kleaper

[@tonypringles2285]

can you imagine if festus was just a normal elector count? like if he is chaos but he has more loyalty to the empire for some reason. so he shows up to meetings and stuff to make treatys and discuss politics lol, and they all have to cover their noses so they dont die while discussing grain embargos or some shiz!

[@xaldrortenderofthevats8948]

Khazrak: I COVER FOR TOD, HE SICK TODAY AND TOMORROWS. Gelt: i...see...anyway, what should we do about the overpopulation issue plaguing Middenheim? Khazrak: THE STRONG AND HEALTHY, FEAST UPON WEAK AND FEEBLE. SMALLER AND STRONGER POPULATION! Gelt: I see, so cannibalism, noted. Franz: he's somehow less loud and more reasonable than Boris...

[@gamersresidence6040]

I grew up in Altdorf. (Switzerland) I play a Battle Wizard build wherever possible. It was a pleasure and honor assisting you in your glorious campaign.

[@SurfinBird313]

The moment you said your editor was going to make an awesome time-lapse I got an ad for Burger King

[@criticalcommenter]

Dominos for me 😂

[@memeweirdguyn.0019]

As someone that has been watching your videos as a primary source for my serotonin, I highly appreciate another blessed video to add unto the never-ending loop of watching the rest of your videos. May you be blessed by holy Sigmar

[@xfflaunty]

Finding Kleaper made my year just a little bit better :)

[@razzemobile3117]

Leave it to Kleaper to immediately resort to violence

[@jordancarter5341]

War crimes incorporated supports this video

[@carnotauroofthebrood3274]

7:56 not only festus took one of the elector counts but also khazark took his other. Who knew beastmen wanted to take part in "democracy"

[@DARKFokZ]

franz: *instantly declares civil war on the entire empire* tzeentch: wait it wasnt supposed to be this easy

[@doombaboi7291]

It’s over Karl! We’ve got you surrounded! Karl:” All i’m surrounded by is fear AND DEAD MEN!”

[@slywhemwick8071]

Now all I wish is an ability to have other races in the empire as Elector Count's if they are there and they just replace whoever they killed. Just imagine a game where Festus, One-Eye, any Skaven Faction, Dwarves and Cathay were all part of the elector counts with Karl Franz as the emperor. Soooooo much chaos but so fun.

[@John-Stark]

Honestly would love it if it would be Orcs and Ogres with Karl

[@wetwillyis_1881]

Anyone else find it ironic that he explained that he didn’t know anything, but then proceeded to explain why he didn’t need an advisor?

[@Albanian_crusader]

Mostly peaceful human disagreement:

[@yayisnotasinger]

One of like 4 creators I INSTANTLY click the moment I see you uploaded. Every video is a banger

[@thijshagenbeek8853]

I have not watched this yet but if I get this Kleaper trend it will involve one thing beyond question. *A gun*

[@LCliffhanger]

Do other people notice that the Elector Count Screen is broken? I'm pretty sure it's been broken since release, it's gone through a few different stages and various issues, but it's still broken... Why is it still broken? For anyone who doesnt realize, just look at the south of the Empire, Solland isnt coloured in, only one of the 3 regions in Wissenland is coloured in, the Minor Settlement in Averland is also not coloured in, and niether is the southmost Vampire Count Settlement, pretty sure it's schwatzefan. I really hope they at least fix it in the next DLC, which includes Empire, I think it'd be weird not to have it fixed after that.

[@azpont7275]

Stealing artillery is a mechanic for all factions. You just need to fight the same race as yours, have empty space in your army and an artillery piece in theirs to steal.

[@Wiwer230]

Rare footage of Kleaper playing human faction.

[@extremehauntergaming8711]

“Dwarf person” shows vampire coast thumbnail. lmao

[@nathanbohannan7956]

If this gets 1K likes I shall Commit Tax Evasion.

[@skyhealing517]

i support this. 4/1000 at me.

[@revanveran5325]

26/1000

[@nickcoupe2964]

"Karl Franz you're surrounded". "Good, now I can swing my warhammer in any direction".

[@Delmworks]

24:59 lore accurate empire-they must hang together or else they’ll hang separately

[@nanni-buyerofcopper]

Someone teach this man how to say talbeccaland and fifedorf

[@ArchonPR]

Also Sylvania somehow turned to Slovenia. Damn

[@CubicP1sa]

It says a lot when sometimes the most fun way to play the Empire is to entirely disregard their mechanics and go full-on WWI

[@gamingrat842]

“I don’t even care if he gets surrounded, he surrounds everyone with his presence.” That line is just *chef’s kiss*

[@internetfriend6701]

24:00 that's been my experience. Every time I enter empire territory it's half vampire, 25% Nurgle, 25% Northmen or orcs, and *maybe* Karl Franz barely holding on in Ubersreik. The Empire is very doomed.

[@articgrizzly5885]

Kleaper: "I didn't know the Empire worked like that." 15 seconds later: "Why am I still getting advisors i have 600 hours in this game?"

[@136jack8]

very excited to watch this recently got into total war becasue of your videos

[@briantarigan7685]

you just recreated warhammer 40k unification war in fantasy, congratulation

[@arcturion6995]

"Not you Volkmar. You're bald." Lmao

[@K-i-p-p]

Karl franz empire is kind of like a republic, but without voting and rights and a republic

[@xo-1320]

It's an Elective Monarchy based on the HRE which itself was an elective Monarchy up until Austria became so powerful as to automatically always win the vote.

[@justsomeromanwithinternetacces]

CEASAR WAKE THE MEN, KLEAPER HAS UPLOADED!

[@TheDamnCook]

Bro this man fears nothing, He isnt Even scared of erasing entire Nations, love that guy

[@jakeking974]

Hey, man, you don't need to convince me of the need for a bright mage. I mained Sienna Fuegonasus, I'm VERY well acquainted with the need for BURN IN HOLY FIRE!

[@Leviathis_Krade]

Karl temporarily going insane near the end shows that even he is not immune to Kleaper's dark machinations

[@benowens6539]

Ah yes. Imperialism. Havent even seen the video yet and just on that alone know its going to be great.

[@kamikaze4172]

23:40 I think your Skaven playthrough has linked to your Empire playthrough. It's okay, the rat people aren't real

[@zero_karma0496]

Yooooooo, it’s more of the man himself, also you play this how a rat-man would, good for you.

[@turtleinvader2982]

The one thing i don't like about the empire rework is that you can't start a civil war again.

[@TheSteve_1992]

Not going to lie, I have over 4k hours distributed over the three Warhammer titles, but I never noticed the 'Summon the Elector Counts" button

[@PainRack]

It's new

[@Bit_Hub]

Bro taken war crimes to another level

[@ReidAstera174]

Nice, appreciate your amazing uploads!!!

[@Yourlocalkingman]

I was literally just watching one of your videos when I saw this came out 😂

[@arcanistthesonofianite249]

Another day, another wonderful Grim Kleaper video

[@CalebGrizmode]

Man the unification wars of terra were crazy to watch

[@davidbohn1874]

This was pretty freaking hilarious!!

[@NotInterXX]

My favorite part was when Karl said “it’s uniting time” and united all over the place

[@JoshGolus]

Patrolling the Mojave makes you wish Kleaper would do a total destruction campaign with Beastmen in Warhammer 3

[@antikleaper]

Have mercy

[@JoshGolus]

@@antikleaper He has spoken But seriously, you were born to do a world destroying Morghur or Taurox campaign

[@PenguinWithInternetAccess]

41:10 "I'm at war with myself" relatable fr fr

[@user-jf4ub9ng7p]

steamtank: gets surrounded. solution: steam farts of death!

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

43:14 It's like they say If it looks stupid but it works, it's nit stupid

[@solemnjohnson570]

Karl Franz + Random Bright Wizard. name a better Dynamic Duo, i'll wait.

[@connorholt6965]

Honestly thought the third thing was gonna be the untold hatred of one

[@giuseppe9653]

SUMMON THE ELECTOR COUNTS! *Festus arrives*

[@thegoon6284]

I really needed to laugh today thank you

[@colby1398]

I was not expecting a Kleaper/PSR crossover, but it was a welcome one

[@xKillerrabbit101]

I was NOT expecting the PSR Pink Glock clip.

[@inductivegrunt94]

When you're surrounded by enemies, both potential and actual, it's best to be thorough when it comes to unifying the Empire. And by "thorough" I mean become Canadian and turn the Geneva Convention into a checklist.

[@DrBrightsite19]

23:29 *looks at vermintide 2*

[@gglanouille3060]

27:50 yeah it was happening a lot with Ghorst because it had bonuses in his skill tree for that. However it got nerfed a lot (base chance nerfed, increased chance due to corruption nerfed, increased chance via tech tree nerfed, and from skill tree nerfed as well). Both chance of ressurection and HP of ressurected troops btw. So even with all the maximum buffs possible to ressurection, getting back more than 50% of an army is very rare, and is now decently beaten up (tho if they get resplenishment and then raise dead they can fix and patch up their losibg armies with trash to keep pressure on.

[@magicalawnmower4764]

babe wake up new kleaper video

[@morewarpstone]

Babe, wake up; a new Kleaper vid just dropped

[@user-ox7ob6fm7e]

Karl Franz: *declares a war on every empire faction and it all crumbles immediately* Also Karl Franz: Patrick, we saved the Empire!

[@kalostarkahlva9145]

“Also, why are there beastmen?” A very cannon response to the presence of beastmen.

[@psychodoctor5370]

the reason that gelts army routed despite them still having a lot of usable units is do to how the game calculates army losses, because you did a lot of damage without many of your units being damaged, army losses kicked in sooner than if you had done a pitched battle, where both sides ran at each other. the artillery captured part is not an empire mechanic, any race with artillery can have it happen, however there are some rules, if i remember correctly, at least one cannon must survive(the actual gun, not the unit) so if you trying to get a piece of artillery, it's best to use calvery to kill the units manning the guns, second you must have a free slot in your army, and third it must be a battle with the same race as yours. Lastly, its around a 5-10% chance for it to occur, so i would not count on it happening to reinforce your army, unless you are going out of your way to farm it, such as letting the units manning the guns flee and not finishing the army to allow you to try and get multiple chances.

[@Bio-Hazard.MP4]

it's nice seeing people actually put thought into how they send in their troops, cause I sure don't nor will I

[@Gone_Postal]

19:29 Isn’t that what the funny pilot men said 💀

[@jackcooper1765]

joyous upload

[@pimentinha1121]

Cathay caravans, thats how you know them

[@gilbertgustavsson4407]

storm of the night 34.40 is a bound spell with three uses (no winds of magic required) that i think vlad can have aswell as isabella in their skill tree. it can only hit units in the air so i think big brain move is to land with Franz and fight on the ground.

[@mranderson9553]

"genocidal rampage against human kind" *leaves the french alone* i too don't consider the french human

[@lordbalthosadinferni4384]

35:42 Warhammer's vampires *do not fuck around*

[@MercytheMad]

Nice tip on dropping the siege weapons to get hidden!

[@cthulhubecausewhynot1182]

At 24 minutes you said “You screwed everyone over”. Kleeper- That’s a normal Empire campaign.

[@Mistlethur]

new kleaper vid dropped new kleaper vid dropped

[@oliveragag8576]

Ah yes, the honourable Elector Count Khazrak One-Eye.

[@calebgoldsberry7403]

I was playing Kislev and I had a Chaos Dwarf Caravan in my lands, going to one of my cities. I dont question it cause free money