Player

Player Trees

Dexterity

Aliases: DEX
Category: Offense

Dexterity by level 

Per Level    
   +10% ammo pickup
   Less chance to drop a weapon (before training any Dex players start off
   with a 50% chance to hold on to a weapon after a Strength Weapon Knock. Each
   Dex level raises your chances by 2%)
   +2 cubes after each respawn
   Decreases chance of being poisoned by 8%
Level 1  
   Fast weapon switching
Level 2  
   Stealth - You make no noise from walking/flying/jumping. Note: you 
   can still hear your own item pickup sounds at half normal volume, but no 
   one else can hear them.
Level 3  
   Grapple Hook - Costs 8 cubes to fire the grapple, which pulls you
to anything it connects to. Base speed is 800.
   Commands are 'kots_hook' and 'kots_unhook'
   Or you can use the alias '+hook'
Level 4  
   75% reduction in damage from falling, drowning, and being crushed
   25% reduction in damage from Rage Flail
Level 5  
   Quieter grappling hook
   Increased hook speed to 1300.
   Increase Weapon Knock recovery from 10/sec to 20/sec.
   Increased player pack ammo pickup - Normally only 50% of the ammo from a 
   dropped player pack can be picked up. With Dexerity 5, now 100% of the 
   pack ammo can be picked up, 
   up to a max of standard  Quake 2 ammo maxes. Also, other players now get 1/2
   the ammo pickup they otherwise would when grabbing your packs when you are fragged.
   Ammo Steal - Every time a Dexterity 5 character does damage, ammo will be 
   stolen and deposited directly into their inventory. The ammo type stolen is selected
   randomly (If the victim has none of that randomly selected ammo type, 
   none will be stolen.) The amount stolen is 12.5% of the modified damage dealt.
   also, the amount stolen is increased proportional to the ammo type's capacity. 
   (Ie, more bullets/cells will be stolen on average than rox/slugs.)
   Note: players that are holding more ammo than their specified
   max will drop packets of ammo till they're below their max. (this could
   happen by stocking up, and then dropping a strength rune, or by Dex Ammo Steal.)
Level 6  
   50% reduction in damage from Rage Flail
Level 7  
   Cost to fire grapple reduced to 2 cubes
   Extra +10 cubes per respawn, for a total of +24 cubes per respawn
   Quieter grappling hook
   Faster grappling hook. Speed is now 1800.
   Ability to attach hook to players dealing 20 damage per second. Hook will be detatched
   on teleport, flail, throw, or by getting out of the line of sight.
   2x ammo pickup
   Improved ammo steal (25% baseline stolen, instead of 12.5%)
   25% reduction in damage from ExPacks
   Mastered player pack ammo pickup - Normally only 50% of the ammo from a dropped player
   pack can be picked up. With Dexerity 7, now 200% of the pack ammo can be picked up, 
   up to a max of standard Quake 2 ammo maxes. Also, other players now get 1/4 the ammo
   pickup they otherwise would when grabbing your packs when you are fragged.
   Per level Str Knock resistance changed from 2% to 6%. That brings the total chance
   to hold on after a weap knock up to 92%
   Haste - Use the kots_haste command to double your out of water movement speed. The 
   cost of haste is 50 cubes for 15 seconds.
Level 10     
   Cost to fire Grapple reduced to 1 cube
   Rise ammo pickup from 2x normal to 3x normal
   Full immunity to weapon knock
   90% reduction in damage from Rage Flail
   Ability to hook to the sky

Strength

Aliases: STR
Category: Offense

Strength by level 

Per level
   Armor knock resistance 5% per level
Level 1  
   2x ammo and cube capacity
Level 2  
   Double jumping - this will let you double jump at any time by pressing
   jump twice fast
   to gain extra height or you can use the extra jump to jump at any point
   while you're in the air.
   kots_jump [on/off]
Level 3  
   3x ammo/cubes capacity
   20% reduction in damage from Spirit Empathy Shield
Level 4  
   Grenade blast resist - Take 25% less damage from grenade blasts
Level 5  
   4x ammo/cubes capacity
   Weapon knock - Do enough damage to someone quickly enough and they might
   drop their current weapon
   onto the ground. If you drop a weapon because of weapon knock, it 
   automatically pulls out the Sabre. Anyone can pick up the weapon that was
   dropped. Knock damage 
   accumulates until it hits 280, at which point your victim's knock damage resets 
   to 0, and they may drop their weapon. Every second that goes by, your victim's
   knock damage decreases,
   so you must do damage quickly to succeed in knocking their weapon. (The 
   Sabre and Hand Grenade weapons cannot be knocked.) Also, note that a single hit
   only ever gets at most
   1 chance to knock. Ie, if a Strength attacker has Quad RL and does 1200 
   damage, that results in just 1 chance to knock, and the victim's knock damage
   counter is back at 0 after
   the attack. Finally, at most, 1 knock attempt can happen every 2 
   seconds for a given victim.
Level 6  
   40% reduction in damage from Spirit Empathy Shield
Level 7  
   5x ammo/cubes capacity
   Regen ammo every 3 secs. (For all weapons trained level 2 or above, recieve minipack
   of ammo. 5 cells/bullets. 2 shells/slugs. 1 rocket/grenade. If you use chaingun, for 
   instance, and want to recieve 10 bullets every 3 seconds, then you should also upgrade
   your machinegun to level 2, just to get the extra ammo regen bonus.)
   Half duration of effects from level 10 weapons
   Improved weapon knock (160 damage instead of 280)
   60% reduction in damage from Spirit Empathy Shield
   Increased per level armor knock resistance to 6%
Level 10 
   Immune to EMP Shockwave, Neural Disruptor, and Flashbombs
   Increase ammo regeneration from once every 3 sec to once every 2 sec
   80% reduction in damage from Spirit Empathy Shield

Karma

Aliases: KAR
Category: Defense

Karma by level 

Per Level    
   +1 health pickups
   5% reduction in ammo stolen by Dexterity ammo steal
   Up to Karma level cube pickup from backpacks. (When a player dies, they drop
   a backpack with credits and cubes. There are always the same number of credits and cubes in any 
   particular backback. However, if you have no Karma, you cannot grab any of the
   cubes. Training Karma allows you to pick up some of these cubes.)
Level 1  
   Karma sight. (Looking towards someone displays their name and health, even while cloaked using Wisdom 5.)
Level 2  
   Pickup health above max at your pickup bonus
Level 3  
   Health Regen (2 per second)
Level 4  
   Create Megahealth (costs 25 cubes to create a megahealth item worth
   50 health rather than the usual 100. However these megahealths do not
   cause your health to slowly rot away back down to your normal max.) 'kots_health'
Level 5  
   Double Health Regen (4 per second)
Level 6  
   Doubles normal health regen whenever the player has less than 50 health
   Stims dropped from a fragged player can now cure poison
Level 7  
   Super Health Regen (9 per second)
   All cubes can now be picked up from backpacks, not just Karma level worth of cubes.
   +3 health pickups
   No health rot
   Reduce cost of creating megahealths from 25 cubes down to 20 cubes.
   Create Fake Health, doing 200 damage, for 50 cubes. 'kots_fakemega'
   and 'kots_fakestim'. Max of 1 per second. Lasts 2 minutes before
   vanishing. Maximum of 5 out at a time.
   Cloaked Wisdom masters no longer immune to Karma sight
   Regenerate ABOVE your normal health max at a rate of 1/second
   Doubles per-level Dexterity ammo steal reduction to 10% per level of karma, 
   for total of 70% reduction.
Level 10 
   Massive Health Regen (12 per second)
   +13 (total) to all health pickups
   Regenerate ABOVE your normal health max at a rate of 2/second

Wisdom

Aliases: WIS
Category: Defense

Wisdom by level 

Per Level    
   +3% Damage Reduction (HEALTH loss reduced by this amount)
Level 1  
   Vampirism - Your health increased by 25% of inflicted HEALTH damage
   to your enemies. (Only health damage counts - damage done to
   enemies' armor cannot be vampired.)
Level 2  
   Rocket Blast Resist - Take 25% less damage from the radius damage from rocket attacks.
Level 3  
   Flying (costs 5 cubes/sec)
   Commands are 'kots_fly' and 'kots_land'
   Or you can use the alias '+fly'
Level 4  
   Extra Toughness: -2 all damage taken (before calculating wisdom health resistance)
   NOTE: This will not make you immune to any damage even if only 2 damage was
   done you will receive 1 damage still.
Level 5  
   Cloaking (costs 5 cubes/sec) 'kots_cloak'
Level 6  
   Nothing
Level 7  
   (Mastery) Damage Reduction*1.5 (take only 69% health damage)
   Power Cube Regen (1 per 2 seconds)
   Improved cloaking (invisible to lev 1 Karma sight)
Level 10 
   Take only 55% health damage

Technical

Aliases: TECH, TEC
Category: Defense

Technical by level  

Per Level    
   +1 armor pickup
Level 1  
   Slime Immunity
Level 2  
   Lava Resist (25%)
Level 3  
   Armor resist (amount of armor lost due to damage is divided by 1.5)
Level 4  
   Lava Immunity
Level 5  
   Armor regen: create 2 armor per second up to (antiweapon*10 + 5*(char level) + 50)
   Fake armor shard ('kots_fakeshard') - uses 50 armor to create a fake armor shard that
   cuts through an enemies armor dealing 100 damage directly to their armor ignoring armor
   resistance and the remaining damage goes to health. Maximum of 5 fake shards can be out at a time
   and only 1 can be dropped per second.
Level 6  
   Nothing
Level 7  
   Super armor resist (amount of armor lost due to damage is divided by 2.25)
   Super armor regen (4 armor per second)
   Extra +1 armor pickup, for a combined +8 armor pickup, totaling 10 armor per shard.
   Lasersite: 'kots_laser' creates a long visible laser site shining out from your weapon.
   'kots_laser ball' creates a point laser-reflection site off of walls/players.
   Improved fake shard now does 200 damage
Level 10 
   Combined +11 armor pickup, for a total of 13 armor per shard.
   Note: tech rune also boosts antiweapon by 3 points, increasing max regen value

Spirit

Aliases: SPI
Category: Mixed

Spirit by level 

Per Level    
   +1 Cube on Cube pickups (up to your max)
Level 1  
   Flashlight, no cube cost. Creates a bright spot light. When shined directly
   on a cloaker, makes them partially visible. Also, when shined directly on
   someone that isn't cloaked, it prevents their cloak from activating.
   The command is 'kots_flashlight'
Level 2  
   Super fast swimming in water and lava Super Swim can be disabled or
   toggled with these commands: kots_swim [on/off]
   Speed is 3x normal movement speed underwater and 2x at the top of
   the water. You can also swim to the surface to leap out and get extra momentum.
Level 3  
   Empathy Shield - returns 18% damage inflicted on you to the attacker. 
   Costs 5 cubes to start, and then 5 cubes/sec.
   Note: Empathy damage cannot cause Ammo Steal, Weapon Knock, Poisoning, Quad Rage,  
   or Armor Knock to your opponent. Ie, if you have Strength 5,
   and turn your Empathy Shield on, and someone shoots you with a rocket launcher, they cannot get their Rocket 
   Launcher knocked away by the Empathy damage.
   Also the damage from your Empathy Shield cannot be reflected back to you by your opponent's Empathy Shield. 
   For a given attack, the damage done from Empathy Shield is not dependant upon how much health or
   armor you have. For instance if you are hit with a Quad Rail with only 1 health left and Spirit 3
   Empathy Shield, you will do just as much Empathy Shield damage as you would if you had 
   1000 health / 1000 armor and were able to survive the attack.
   The damage dealt out from Empathy Shield is normal damage, no matter what the original 
   attacker's damage type was. Also, the Wisdom damage reduction of your enemies is ignored when the Empathy
   damage is returned to them. Finally, while your Empathy Shield is up, the Wisdom Vampirism of your enemies is disabled. 
   The command is 'kots_empathy'
Level 4  
   Replenish armor - creates 50 armor over a 10 second period for 30 cubes. kots_armor You may 
   hit kots_armor twice in a row, using 60 cubes, so that once your 50 armor is created, it will immediately begin
   attempting to create another 50
Level 5  
   Power Cube convert - turns 50 cells into 15 cubes 'kots_pconvert'. You
   may also type the 'kots_power' on or off commands to toggle automatic
   conversion. While on, all cells you collect will be quickly converted into cubes.
   Improved Empathy Shield (27%)
   Improved flashlight. (Cloakers slightly more visible.)
Level 6  
   Cuts damage from Karma Fake Health in half
Level 7  
   Advanced Spirit Swim - allows players to swim quickly through even the stickiest slime and sludge
   Rail Deflection - Every time you're hit by a rail, there's a 25% change the rail will deflect off you 
   and bounce off in another direction. Only one deflection can take place every 3 seconds.
   +2 Cube pickup
   Improved flashlight. (Cloakers slightly more visible.) # Double respawn ammo
   Packs from YOUR player kills are "auto-lifted" to you
   Empathy Shield Mark III (40% damage returned)
Level 10 
   Lethal Empathy Shield (55% damage returned)
   Advanced Rail Deflection - Rail deflection increased to 40%

Rage

Aliases: RAG
Category: Offense

Rage by level  Per Level

   Quad Rage +4% chance at getting 2 seconds of quad, for every 800 damage dealt. This is 
   cumulative damage against all opponents, and can be racked up over the course of the 
   map. Your damage counter is cut in half (up to 100) whenever you die. Quad Rage will 
   not occur when a player already has more than 6 seconds of quad.
Level 1  
   Spite - typing spite cuts your health in half then removes an extra 10
   health on top of that, but gives you 2 packets of ammo to fire your
   respawn weapon. Spiting gives you exactly the specified amount of
   ammo. Which means you may recieve less than 2 packets of ammo in
   order to bring your ammo level up to 2 packets. For example, if you
   already have 7 rockets, and execute spite, you you will recieve an
   additional 3 rockets, bringing you up to a total of 2 packets of rockets.
   Spite can only be used once every .5 seconds.
Level 2  
   Mine Creation - typing 'kots_mine' creates a land 
   mine that looks like ammo and explodes on contact, or explodes after 30 seconds
   untouched - requires 10 rox and 10 grenades for creation - does 200
   dmg - can only create one every 5 seconds.
   Poison - every damage point dealt has a .05% chance of poisoning the
   victim, causing a loss of 10 health/second until the victim picks up any
   type of health (health box, stimpack, adrenaline, megahealth, etc). (The
   chance of poisoning is capped at 30% per attack.) Poison damage ignores Wisdom
   resistance and ignores armor.
Level 3   
   Conflagration - The command 'kots_conflag' detonates all your rockets/grenades,
   probably killing you, but spewing grenades and rockets in every direction,
   each doing 120 direct damage and 120 splash damage. These damages
   are affected by munition and quad, but not weapon level. Your health is
   immediately cut by 1/3 and an extra 10 health on top and all your armor
   is taken. A combined total of 20 rockets and/or grenades is required.
   Rockets and grenades are fired at a rate of 50 per second. Grenades
   have a shorter fuse of just 1 second. Only 2 players can conflagrate at a time
Level 4  
   Advanced Spite - gives you 3 packets of ammo to fire your respawn weapon
   Flail - The Command 'kots_flail' does 100 dmg to everyone standing right next to you,
   and knocks them backwards quite a bit. Costs 20 cubes. Can only be
   done once per second. If you Flail and hit nothing, you do 1/5th normal
   Flail damage to yourself. Flail will also break a grappling hook that is attached to you
Level 5  
   Armor Knock - for every 200 damage done, there is a 25% chance to
   knock off a large armor shard. The shard contains 50 armor from the
   victim, and may be picked up by anyone. If the victim has less than 50
   armor, all the victim's armor will be knocked. One large armor shard may
   be knocked from a victim at most once every 5 seconds.
   Advanced Poison - every damage point dealt has a .1% chance of poisoning the victim
Level 6  
   Nothing
Level 7  
   Per level Quad Rage percentage raised to 6% for a total of 6%*7 = 42% chance for Quad Rage
   Mastered Mine Creation - 50% more damage from mines
   Mastered Spite - gives you 4 packets of ammo to fire your respawn
   weapon, and gives you the respawn weapon itself if you've lost it
   Mastered Armor Knock - for every 200 dmg done, there is a 50%
   chance to knock off a large armor shard
Level 10 
   Lethal Armor Knock - 100% to knock a large shard for every 200 dmg done
   Total Quad Rage up to 6%*10 = 60%

VitHealth

Aliases: VITH
Category: Defense
No Training Limit

Per Level    
   +35 Max health
   +35 Spawn health

VitArmor

Aliases: VITA
Category: Defense
No Training Limit

Per Level    
   +75 Max armor
   +10 Spawn armor

Munition

Aliases: MUN
Category: Offense
No Training Limit

Per Level    
   4.75% damage per level
   NOTE: This stacks with weapon levels above 6 so when using a level 10
   weapon with 1 munition you would have a bonus of 14.75%. Damage
   from Bide, Empathy Shield, Rage Mines, Rage Poison, and Karma 7
   Fake Health are not affected by Munition. Also, while blast damage from
   the various weapons is increased by Munition, the blast radii are not increased.

Notes

Damage Notes

Special note on damage - Several abilities in KOTS2007 do things based on damage dealt. These include Ammo Steal, Weapon Knock, Poisoning, Quad Rage, Armor Knock and Empathy Shield.

All of these damage calculations are done AFTER

• Player upgrade resistances (like Strength 4 and Wisdom 2)
• Weapon resistances (the "resist" command)
• Team mode (you cannot steal ammo from teammates in CTF/teamplay/spreewar)
• Spiritual Rail Deflection (if a rail is deflected, then no ammo is stolen from the Spirit 7 player)

but BEFORE

• Wisdom health damage reduction
• Technical armor damage reduction
• Loss of armor by the victim

ie., if your player has done "resist grenade launcher" and has upgraded Strength 4, then together your player will take 43.75% less damage from a grenade blast. Similarly, any ammo stolen, for instance, would be 43.75% less than normal. However, for the other example, if your player has, for instance, Tech 5, then damage done to your armor would make it seem as though 55.6% less damage was being done. However, any ammo stolen would still be the full 100%.

Other

• BE CAREFUL WHEN USING THE MENU TO UPGRADE BECAUSE THERE IS LAG!
• You receive 1 player point per character level gained.
• You cannot train a player tree to level 10. Unless there is no training limit then you must hold a rune to reach level 10.
• Training past level 5 in more than one tree requires extra points. The first two past level 5 only require one point, the third requires 2 points and each subsequent training requires an extra 2 points more (1, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, etc.).
• Categories don't really have any meaning there just there so some of the newer players can quickly look for something they want. Some defensive abilities have some offensive use to them and vice versa for offensive player upgrades.

• Highlighted areas indicate more important information such as notes or in game commands