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I don't know exactly how I'd build this, but I really want to make a Final Fantasy-style Dragoon (EDIT: for those who don't know, a FF-style Dragoon is a lance fighter who specializes in jumping really high into the air, then skewering enemies with a plunging attack). I'd probably go with Goblin, since the Unbreakable Goblin ancestry lets you take half the normal fall damage. This is a good option until you become legendary in Acrobatics and Catfall makes you stop taking falling damage at all.

I'm not sure what class would be best to take, or what feats would work best. I'm thinking, though, that either Monk, Wizard or Sorcerer would be good choices. Monk gives you Focus Spells that let you gain fly speeds, as do Wizards and Sorcerers with spells. Spells also has the advantage of getting you Dimension Door, which lets you teleport anywhere you can see within 120ft and conveniently says nothing about stopping you from teleporting straight up. Multi-classing a Wizard or Sorcerer for Monk to gain access to those Focus Spell feats might be the best option, or there might be a better class that I'm completely overlooking. Transforming into a flying creature and then dismissing the spell while high in the air might also be a viable tactic.

The book does make it very clear that deliberately falling onto an enemy is very difficult, so this build would probably require some rule-bending on the GM's part in order to be reasonably useful (thought not to simply be functional). AFAIK, there is nothing in the book talking about attacks made while falling, and unless I missed something this might have to be something you confirm with your GM.

Alternatively, an effect like Sudden Leap might be the answer, as the book states that to Leap/High Jump you need to Stride first, but it never specifies that you need to stride on the ground, and it likewise never says that you can't Strike while falling, only that it has to be part of your jump (which it technically is). This might be more of a technicality, but like I said, I couldn't find anything in the book like this.