<<"Shroud of Deception (1212): "The spell will not affect combat." Laaaaame. Why not have it change racial stat bonuses. It's already a cool, if unimplemented spell. Changing your stat bonuses sounds pretty sick to me. One needs to be careful not to step on Assume Aspect too much, but if 1212 is going to affect combat, this is the way to go I believe. Also, if it changes all the bonuses, it's not a straight add-on like 650, but there will be associated pentalties as well. And hey, why not let it affect encumbrance, too? Getting into areas for small-race only (hunting gremlins, whatever).

Interesting idea. In the past i thought it would be interesting to let this be a camo-like effect. You assume the form of the thing creature(s) you are hunting, then when you attack it is treated like attacking from hiding, lore training could make the illusion more complete and thus effective. This unlocks the training path of picking up more ambushing ranks for the monk to have a more rogue like training plan to compliment normal open UAC/weapon options.