Does Delay Pain delay it, or negate it?


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So this is more of a flavor sort of question I suppose, but it could be relevant. Delay Pain's name itself implies that it is delayed, aka the pain is felt when the spell is over. And the exact wording of it's description is:

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You override the target’s ability to feel pain. Pain effects (such as pain strike and symbol of pain) do not affect the target until this spell’s duration has expired

So what I ask is, if someone casts this and gets hurt a lot during it's duration, do they feel all that pain once it's over or not?


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Delay Pain has a duration of 1 hour/level.

Pain Strike has a duration of 1 round/level.

Delay Pain does not cause Pain Strike to not take effect until Delay Pain has expired. The durations run concurrently without Pain Strike having any effect while Delay Pain is running. Pain Strike will have expired well before Delay Pain expires. The target will never feel the effects of Pain Strike.

Now if there's some sort special rule that says a pain effect lasts longer than the duration of Delay Pain, whatever remains of that effects duration that's longer than the duration of Delay Pain is felt.

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