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What seems to be the most interesting is that the martial arts that we have seen in the the Sherlock Holmes movies, and, indeed the one mentioned in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's books is indeed Bartitsu.
He called it baritsu quite possibly for copyright purposes.

Here is a quick link to a wikipedia source.

Bartitsu

So, if we are to emulate the martial arts, why not just create a new "style" similar to Kirin etc.

Also, look it up on youtube. You will see some demonstrations there.

I don't mind an Inquisitor's lack of Gravity Bow.

If i would ask for anything, i would want Litany of Righteousness to actually work for an inquisitor. Inquisitors do not have an aura, so this " should have been left off of the Inquisitor spell list."-James Jacobs

I would also ask that Inquisitors get either all martial weapons or access to more martial weapons. Having to rely on a god's choice of favored weapon is counter-intuitive to the flavor of playing an inquisitor.
Woot, my cool concept fits this god, but my god's weapon is a dagger? WTF???

Those would be the things i'd be asking for first.

Yeah, the gnome turning on his bard friend i could see as ok, actually.
(Had to change this in an edit.)
I think many judge what is right and what is wrong,based on our modern concepts, a bit too much.
Many of our cultures that we would have believed were lawful good were fine with murdering men,women and children of neighboring enemies.
Look at the Crusades.
There were a ton of tortures that are still viewed as, well, just plain sick and wrong these days, but it was said to be done in the name of God.

This is somewhat like Mammy and her kids in the Runelords path.
They were evil through and through, but you kinda couldn't help feeling a little bad for them based on their child-like qualities, but our party whole slaughtered them and didn't look back.
So, a gnome freaking out over an enemy that his race has fought with for hundreds or even thousands of years is not too far off.
Especially when a party member tries to defend that enemy when they are running away.
Heck, my druid would have likely spit on the bard and not healed him at all, even told him to stay out of the way when the right decisions needed to be made in the name of a greater good. That or he would have pitied the bard for his lack of critical thinking in letting the enemy get away to go and warn their friends, either way...
All lizardfolk are evil and should never be given quarter under any circumstances.
This is where the Dm could have fun with a good aligned Lizardfolk that, while not fully trusted, has been given the charge by,say the head of a good cleric order to guide the party through an area of other evil lizardfolk.
Ooo, the roleplaying can be fun on this one.

Something a Dm told me years ago about DM'ing has stuck to this day, that being cause and effect.

That evil wizard you killed may have a paladin brother that loved him dearly and will seek retribution for his brothers death.
He may understand why his brother was killed, but in his eyes, anyone can change, his brother just needed more time.
Heck, look at Raistlin in the dragonlance books... Evil!!

Also, remember that in nature, many animals will eat their prey while it is still alive and screaming, see lions and large cats.
Heck the same lions kill the lioness's cubs of another male lion just so she will be ready to mate faster.
Nature is cruel and not always butterflies and bluejays.

Had to edit this post a lot the more i thought about it.

Hm, I am not sure: What do you mean by "backup bow"?

Oops, i will edit that.

I also got to thinking about it more. I think it'd be cool to have an arrow for any occasion.

Was thinking it'd be very cool to have a bow called Thunder and Lightning (sounds kinda cheesy i know) that'd have cool effects like it normally shoots either shock or thundering arrows and with the phrase "thunder and lightning!", it shoots a lightning bolt as a Javelin of Lightning.
The reverse would be "lightning and thunder!" and a sonic boom would occur where the arrow hit. Limited uses per day.

It'd be way cooler if i could produce those effects, a disintigrate spell, the 4 elements and a few other cool effects like a gravity arrow that increases the gravity in a small area.

Would love to get these things in magic items, but the magus may be closer and closer to this concept because he actually gets most of those types of spells.
It seems a bit wierd to me that a spellcaster can alter time, bend realities and create demiplanes, yet a fighter's magic items are a vorpal blade, a brilliant energy weapon or a +5 weapon. Woo freakin Hoo.
What happened to the cool items like the bow that the ranger in the old Dungeons and Dragons cartoon had?
What about a sword that is unbreakable or a sword that can cut through an anvil as if the anvil were butter?
I want cool magic items that are not automatically considered artifacts because they are deemed too powerful.
I get it, the fighter may be balanced on the lack of a need of such coolness, but they just seem to have lost some flavor.
Well, i am tired.
Time to sleep.
Thank you again for the responses and sleep well.