Education (Cyberpunk RED)

Education represents your breadth of general knowledge—history, geography, politics, culture, current events, and the kind of well-rounded understanding that comes from formal schooling, voracious reading, or dedicated self-education. It's the "what do I know about this?" skill for general topics. Education uses your INT stat and serves as the catch-all knowledge skill for anything that doesn't fall under a more specific skill like Science, Local Expert, or Language. In the Time of the Red, formal education is a luxury—corporate schools teach propaganda, public schools barely function, and most people learn from the street. Characters with high Education stand out as unusually knowledgeable, able to recall historical context, understand political dynamics, and make connections that less educated people miss. This knowledge advantage translates into practical benefits: understanding corporate history to predict behavior, knowing enough about foreign cultures to avoid offense, or recognizing historical patterns in current events.

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