While I don't exactly agree with those other two guys on much of anything they're saying, my big gripe with the game is that it's not properly stated how exactly something like Chef skill is calculated.
Ah, I think there's no special trick to it. Extremely high dex evasion builds can cheese it without taking damage but even a normal fully trained party with high ranged and melee (120-150), as high a strength as they could have, and Duraplate armor at the least can do it powerstriking with greatswords. Train some more if you cannot. This fight's difficulty can vary at the stage of the game you are in. At day 100, it can be very challenging and at day 300 you can probably take it with no casualty, depending on how you play. If you are at the later stage of the game and money is not a problem, check your main combat NPCs in NPC Menu ---> Actions ---> Doctor's Hall to give them health implants. There's two levels and it can add +25 (costs $50,000) and +50 HP (costs $95,000) for a total of +75 HP. Some NPCs (aka the big mercs) may need more affection before allowing you to install implants on them. Without knowing what stage of the game you are in and what you have available, that's all I can help. Well, I could suggest which NPCs you should focus on if you want to minmax so there's that but it can feel very limiting because there's a narrower list for that and it's not strictly necessary for this fight..
It is an intuitive train of thought to assume that more upgrades on your designated combat Training Room improve your chances. Hiring a trainer too. Push It is not very intuitive, sure. The mention of Aria's statue is just tacked on so someone would not say "You forgot this", it's not the point. The point is the rolls follow a certain set of calculations and there is a way to game that to your advantage. Could the game be better at informing you? Sure.
You said there was no explanation about Head Chef, not Chef Skill.
/* nikas clothes */
<<if _npc.dayblock is 9 and _npc.charisma lte 59 and _lossroll is 4>><<set _npc.charisma+=1>><</if>>
<<if _npc.willpower gte 30 and _npc.happiness gte 40 and _lossroll is 1 and _npc.charisma lte 59>><<set _npc.charisma+=1>><</if>>
As per MoR-wiki:
Ahh okay. Weird place to put it (in the middle of workplace-oriented checks) but it does seem intentional, then.
Yeah, I've noticed a bit of that having gone through the code. Happy to be of help since it's usually you illuminating the inner workings of games to me.
There are no male/male options in the game, although you can assign male slaves to a male slave master who will train their anal/oral skills and you can assign male slaves to be prostitutes.
The enhanced is more of a "I want to support the dev" than a better way to play.
Yes, there's a lot of dialogue changes (mostly small changes). For example, a girl will add "little" or "young" to refer to her body in seducing talks with you, sometimes including your age too as they will acknowledge how much older you are, starting at 40+ yo MC). The receptionists at Golden Dragon will address you as Doctor if you pick the Expert Doctor start iirc, or Professor for the Academy. Your cock size if you pick the well-hung trait will also affect some dialogue by adding a couple of words or an extra sentence like if the girl is hesitant about sex, that's one of the things she can brought up. If you have Mountain Man, when you hire Ayden there's some extra added fluff about you matching his stature. If you bring Lovisa naked to see Tori for the first time, she will ask why Lovisa is naked. The normal dialogue will also have minor changes depending on Lovisa's affection, happiness, and if she is married. Lovisa and Tori's parents too, first meeting, will comment/talk depending on their daughters' well-being. Bring Tori as follower when doing Lovisa's quest will yield additional Tori dialogues during the course of the quest. Doing prowlers 3 with Nicole as follower will have her also giving additional dialogues. Etc. There's a lot of little things, I cannot describe them all. There's description changes too. The sex descriptions can change depending on your girls' vag/oral/anal xp if that's the act you are doing, your cock size will also be included in the description so mentions of a cock can instead be "massive cock", their body size. If NPC's status is Servant, it will say "your servant" instead of "your slave" (for the most part, some are still not updated). For wives, it will say "your wife".