Actually, that's a thinker: is Mario's actual height something like three feet tall, and when he eats a mushroom he becomes average height? Or is everything in the Mushroom Kingdom humongous? 'Cause when you rescue the princess in non-powered up form, Mario's head comes up to her waist or some such.

The entire reason I went up on this block in the first place was to get into position to drop down on that goomba. If Wade weren't trying to sit on him, I'd attempt the classic "bounce bounce" maneuver, jumping onto the goomba, bouncing up and landing upon one of the hammer bros. Even if I don't make the jump to the Hammer Bro, I'm probably Wade's best bet to freeing his ###. And with my 1-up, I'm feeling ok risking the double attack.

Thoughts Wade?

I say you should jump on wade after he sits and i ddt the hammer bros.

That way you can make sure everything is dead.

I just don't want to die!

I'm sure we can use my ginormous brain and whatever exists in this land to turn you into an undead engine of destruction. Something that will strike fear into the hearts of all our enemies.

(And now you guys know why I'm not allowed to play Cleric in DND.)

Ok Pax, good luck with the double DDT, despite it not being karate, and this being an entirely appropriate situation.

I am going to jump onto the Goomba, or, if Wade succeeds in sitting upon him, jumping onto Wade's lap in a totally non-gay way, to add my weight in the squishing. (body)

Given that Wade pretty much can't fail his roll, you may want to consider something else.

I'm probably going to disallow "assist" actions in the future anyway. They're not really needed and they kinda muck up the XP system.

Ok....

I notice their hammers aren't bolded. Does that mean we can't interact with them? Because I'd like to jump onto one, and attempt to steal his hammer in the process.

"Enter Command: Examine

If you wish, you can do a general scan action to get a sense of the place you're in. ONLY ONE PERSON CAN DO THIS AT A TIME. In addition, this action does not receive an XP point. You're effectively taking one for the team in exchange for information. This won't go into effect right now, but immediately afterward!"

Jack, from my perch high up on the bricks, I EXAMINE our surroundings (Brain) and try to get information for the group while Pax opens up a can of whupass on the Hammer Brothers.

(If I can use my Attribute of trivial and/or useless information, so much the better.)

And here is my roll....

2d6 = 7

Correct. .................

Preemptively loot them!

You guys are lucky that goomba hasn't preemptively looted you!

He's only taken a little bit of Wade's booty.

Suddenly, Bowser's voice rings out!

"Stop, you two! You are interfering with with a quest to save the Power of Reality! If this quest fails, no one wins!"

The Hammer Brothers look uncertain.

"Maybe we should stop what we're doing."

"Yeah. I mean, if Bowser's..."

"Shh! Stop giving implied exposition via enigmatic ellipses!"

"You're right. We should just tell them..."

DUBBA BUBBA DDT! shrieks Pax as he drives the turtle's heads deep into the earth. Only their helmets save them from serious head trauma.

Wade, tired of having his posterior snacked upon, sits down.

*POP* The Goomba is instantly, easily flattened. Boy Blunder examines the scene, then casually kicks the Goomba for good measure.

"Oh, gosh!" says the flat Goomba. "I was just walking along on my Goom patrol when I was attacked, by Fungah! He'll never get away with it, that traitor! It was..."

JKLantern creeps up on the Goomba and starts whispering in its ear.

"Oh, no...OH NO!" shrieks the Goomba. "THAT HAPPENED TO UNCLE PORTO! NOOOOOOOOOO WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" he flees as fast as he can into the distance.

Well. That went well.

CharlesX, however, has been thinkin'.

"Hey, guys, did anybody notice those hypnotic rings coming directly from behind that hill? he asks.

Oh, also, there still seems to be something funny with that particular block. he says, pointing dramatically.

Ok, everybody gets an XP but charlesX who took one for the team...NO MORE ASSISTS!

Incidentally, the plan I came up with for getting rid of the Goomba?

Having Wade just sit on it. Elegant in its simplicity, no? I was so happy when he came up with it.