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The Airborne Ambusher for the Strix seems to me to be, to me, an interesting archetype for the strike-then-run-away kind of fighter. But it got me to thinking. A Strix has wings. It can fly up. Gravity hurts everyone. This thought process lead to the conclusion of a grappling Strix that drags creatures straight up, then drops them.
For the sake of argument, assume that the campaign this character takes place in occurs only in either A)Open fields; or B)Inside caves with ceilings at least 100 feet high. What do you guys think would be the best way to build this kind of a character, one that swoops down, grabs the baddy, and then just drops them from 60-100 feet up?
Yes, Feather Fall can make this entire build null. And I know a lot of baddies will have a caster available in their team that can cast a quick feather fall on whoever is being dropped. Ring of counter-spells with a feather fall put in it could be used to negate this. Do a slight of hand to put it in the pocket, or on the hand of the person I'm dropping, before they get dropped. Counters the feather fall, they fall to their death.
EDIT: Assume a 15 point buy, starting at 10th level
RE-EDIT: It doesn't have to be a Airborne Ambusher, it just has to Strix. Monk might be better, fighter might be better, heck, a magus might be better. Just the idea being a Strix, flying down, grabbing someone, dropping them from altitude.