The crock stops your dice for longer each battle, it's only for one turn on night one, it's two turns on night 2, and he stops your dice for three turns in the double battle. I must say I agree with you on the difficulty. It didn't feel to difficult, just difficult enough to make sure your strategy is on point. If there's one qualm I have with the difficulty, it's that I wish the final fight was harder. It was honestly easier than some of the other battles that night. I feel it should be more difficult considering it's the climax of the game, and especially considering there's a separate scene if you lose. Still, it was overall an amazing game!