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Arcane Lock is cast on my front door. My door has a lock. The Disable Device DC on the lock is increased by the spell.

If I give someone else a key to my front door, can they open it?

I would presume having a key means you automatically pass the Disable Device check, but I don't think its stated anywhere.

With a clammy caress and a word to the powers lurking beyond death, you can reshape a dead body look like another creature or even a specific person so long as you have first-hand knowledge of how that creature or person actually looks. You can make the corpse one size larger or smaller and change anything else about it including its apparent type, gender, or age. Creatures with a reason to suspect deception may make a Will saving throw to realize that the corpse was altered. If you chose to make the corpse look like a specific individual anyone who knows that individual can make a Will save to realize that the corpse is not actually that person. However, if a creature fails its Will save by 5 or less they believe the corpse is that of someone who closely resembled the person they knew rather than a deliberate fake. This spell merely changes the appearance of the corpse. Any spell or effect that targets the corpse (such as speak with dead or raise dead) treats it as if it still had its original appearance.

This spell allows dramatic changes to the body, such as making a human corpse look like a pegasus corpse.

So ... can you change the apparent cause of death? Wouldn't removing a stab wound from a body be a minor change compared with making it larger, horse shaped and winged?

If you can change the cause of death, how far could you go? If someone had their head cut off, could you re-attach it? Or grow a new one? Could you harvest organs and then sculpt the corpse so it isn't obvious? Could you grow replacement organs?

What are the limits? Both common sense, RAW and RAI?

I have been playing a Wizard who tends to sneak by floating invisibly on a Floating Disk. I leave no foot prints and don't need to worry about footsteps either.
(I know there is debate on whether you can ride on disks but after a LOT of searching on the forums GM ruled I could.)

Wall of Force and Shield are both similar force effects, but they both specify that they are invisible. Floating Disk doesn't say anything about appearance, just that it is a plane of force.

Have I missed anything? Or is this just another GM decision thing?

Change Shape (Su) A creature with this special quality has the ability to assume the appearance of a specific creature or type of creature (usually a humanoid), but retains most of its own physical qualities. ... This ability functions as a polymorph spell, the type of which is listed in the creature's description, but the creature does not adjust its ability scores (although it gains any other abilities of the creature it mimics). Unless otherwise stated, it can remain in an alternate form indefinitely.

Polymorph: Unless otherwise noted, polymorph spells cannot be used to change into specific individuals. Although many of the fine details can be controlled, your appearance is always that of a generic member of that creature's type. Polymorph spells cannot be used to assume the form of a creature with a template or an advanced version of a creature.

I am looking at a Succubus with the Change Shape (Alter Self) ability. She wants to disguise herself as a human, so she uses Change Shape to become a Human female who goes by the name of Gail. She reverts to her natural form to fly somewhere.

Can she change into "Gail"'s form again?

She is not changing to look like a specific real Human. She just wants the same form she took before, but the rules state it is always generic.