Can we get an OFFICIAL PAIZO ruling here? All the Attack modifiers on the Core Rulebook table are defined somewhere else in the RAW, EXCEPT on higher ground.
What "specifically" constitutes higher ground?
Is standing on a table "high" enough? If that is true, does a 7' tall orc get higher ground for attacking a halfling? Is sitting on your "high horse" high enough? Can a character make an Acrobatics check for a "long jump" and make a leaping attack then be considered as coming from higher ground or must a "vertical jump" Acrobatics check be made?
There are many instances I have seen on the forums of people discussing this and have only seen opinions based on house rules and various forms of logic.
For me, this is an issue because I had a 3.5 Barbarian with the "Leap Attack" Feat. I am trying to re-create her in Pathfinder and now I need to know the rules for "On Higher Ground". Preferably something official so I do not have to debate it out with my DM.
Jumps don't count, as you aren't on any sort of 'ground' :p
Jumps don't count, as you aren't on any sort of 'ground' :p
But you are attacking from above... ever heard the phrase/motto "Death From Above"? There is a reason for it.
A leap attack was meant to be like a charge but with the added benefit of gravity adding to the force of your attack.
Ask your GM!