Bytz Better Karl Franz
In vanilla, Karl Franz is not nearly the Emperor he should be in lore. The buffs he brings to the army are small to irrelevant, he has almost no global impact, and so usually the best move is just to take the personal combat skills, mount him on Deathwing, and call it a day.
So that’s where this mod comes in. I completely remade all six of his unique skills, gave him a unique special aura ability, and modified Ghal Maraz so it doesn’t make him one of the best 1v1 fighters in the game. He also lost a lot of raw combat stats, so now he doesn’t have even odds in dueling Grimgor at level 1 like in vanilla.
Generally speaking, he is
1: Much stronger throughout the game.
2: Now feels like the legendary general he is supposed to be
3: Is now much more in line with other LLs
4: His army now actually feels like it’s made up of elite units, even from turn 1.
This mod was actually the first mod I started work on and why I learned to mod in the first place. It then grew wildly and split off into four other mods, which it’s designed to work with:
Bytz Skills of the Empire Rejuvenated: An Empire Skills Overhaul
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2469026965
Bytz For The Emperor! An Empire Unit Tweaks Mod
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2469027473
Bytz Imperial Tech & Economy Tweaks
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2469027675
Bytz Better Witch Hunters
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2398026968
Should be compatible with pretty much anything that doesn’t also modify these skills.
Because this doesn’t remove any of his mounts, I’m not going to include it in the dismounted LLs pack. (but here’s a shameless plug for it anyway)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2454593096
If you notice anything is functioning a little bit wonky, let me know. If you want to make this compatible with SFO or any other mod feel free to, I just ask that you give me a nod. I don’t know if there’s much to translate, but if you want to translate it, you have my full permission to do so.
