[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[Dragonstrike]

How bad is Heal Block, really? Sure, it prevents healing, but it wears off after 4 Rounds and doesn't make wounds any worse, unless the DM decides to make it that way or creatively interpreting 'Forcing Wounds to Stay Open' (Paraphrazing here)....

Well, considering it keeps wounds from closing, I imagine it also prevents pain from fading (Psychic attacks don't exactly create open wounds).  And if Heal Block is in effect, nobody can interfere to heal the afflicted pokemon until it wears off, which would give Gothitelle plenty of time to do as she pleases to the offending pokemon as long as nobody KOed or recalled her...and if Gothitelle is feeling particularly malicious, she could keep using it every time it wears off to torture the poor, pained pokemon.  Semi-permanent pain would be...unpleasant, to say the least.

That's just the way I'm looking at it, though.