I wander back to the corporal."Look mate," I say, in the tones of one going along with orders, a tone familiar to corporals everywhere, "we're going out there to find the Captain. Anything you can tell us would help us bring him, and us, back."[Diplomacy: 16+12=28]
[Bear in mind we can assist each other's checks to some extent. At our level, DC for assist is 13, so several of us will auto-succeed assists on multiple skills for a +2 bonus. Each check can be assisted by up to four players, subject to DM's discretion.]
Secondary skills (can be used once each): History, Religion, Perception
[Perception Check: 1d20+13: 17+13 = 30]
[Acrobatics: 1d20+13: 16+13 = 29; Perception: 1d20+13+ [whatever assist I get from the binocs]: 12+13+?=25+? specifically for this perception check I want to check out the surrounding terrain conditions, trying to spot areas of interest, areas of peril and areas where we could be ambushed or lay an ambush. Do I spot any immediate threats? Do I spot any likely hunting game?]
[As Palitinate a way out of all this mindless, endless gobbing and to get on with it already.][I don't know, folks, what am I trying to perceive? Whatever ever it is, I just did it really well.]
[Palitinate would order him to divulge all mission sensitive intelligence and if he refused assist in the extraction of said intelligence.]