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It's something of a hobby of mine to take unpopular and generally useless races and try to do something useful with them. This usually involves trying to make them do something they are probably supposed to be good at - like a kenku flying, or in this case, a bullywug leaping. After digging around for a while, I found out that for a few specific investments, you can have a build be surprisingly good at jumping.

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This build can, at-will, leap 9 squares horizontally and clear 10 feet vertically. Since the rules specify vertical clearance but not at what point in your jump you clear that height, mechanically it is as if he moves two squares up, 9 squares forward and two squares down. As long as he's not adjacent to an enemy when he takes off (minor action shift, iron soul flurry will help prevent OAs from the launch pad) or when he lands, he soars right over the heads of Medium sized enemies without worrying about OAs. He can also do this even while slowed thanks to Crane's Wings. He uses Polyglot Gem and Syllables of Grace to make sure his speed keeps up with his leaping abilities.

The fun part, though, is doing this on a charge - leaping 8 squares right past enemies (short ones only, unfortunately - only 9 feet clearance) to attack the one you want, all without incurring OAs, and then smashing down on top of your target with a good damage, high accuracy MBA. Between Iron Wolf and preventing shifts with Iron Soul Flurry, he should get a few more hits in in the average round than just the one, and any multi-attacks he makes on his turn lets him flurry twice thanks to Blurred Strike Ki Focus. He also slaps on some frostcheese with his Soaring Blade PP adding Con mod typed damage to his melee attacks. He keeps his accuracy on his none-MBA attacks with an accurate ki focus, and his defenses are fair for an Iron Soul Monk and get better if he's bloodied.

The bullywug makes a solid Iron Soul Monk, and with a good MBA and Iron Wolf he gets some pretty decent damage in. Having ludicrous 17-square no-OA leap-charge turns is the cherry on top. Sure, you can make this a lot better with another race, and leap even further with the right armor and feats, but for taking a bullywug and trying to make a thematically and mechanically sound character (and something I'd have fun playing) I think this works quite nicely. Here's some math:

8hl + 7dex + 3prof + 3enh + 2CA + 1charge + 1headdress + 2exp = +27 vs. AC on a charge (90% accuracy)
1d8 + 3half dex + 3enh + 4armbands + 3shard +5con + 2gloves + 5vuln = 1d8+25 damage

Damage .85(4.5+25)+.05(8+25+10.5)+.9(3x9) = 25.075 + 2.175 + 24.3 = 51.55 DPR or 35.35 single target DPR. Not bad, actually, and that's not including any of the Iron Wolf attacks or extra MBAs from OAs. And he still has crazy mobility, good defenses and avoids most OAs himself. Overall, I think it's settled into a pretty neat build!

EDIT: Updated build with Melee Training instead of Internalize the Basic Kata, removed the extra ki weapon, added in the boon that made the standing jump possible on charges. Thank you all for your feedback! DPR is worse, but not significantly so, and it still looks awfully fun to play.
EDIT: Updated build with better math and some interaction corrections. I think it's done! And it's good, too!

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EDIT: Check out the Thief version. Snazzy!
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This build is a standard charging thief build with Bullywug flavor and ludicrous jumps on top. Similar mobility, with 9-square leaps and leap-charges. Still uses frostcheese, but this one trades in multi-target flurry and OA damage for obscene amounts of single-target damage. He could lose Kulkor, regain two feats and a PP to grab a Hawk's Talon Ki Focus for another square of leapage, but there's not much point after 9 squares and 10 foot clearance.

8hl + 7dex + 3prof + 3enh + 2CA + 1charge +1nimble + 2exp + 1weapon talent  = +28 vs. AC or Reflex on a charge (95% accuracy)
1d6 + 2d6helm + 2d6sneak +7dex + 3enh + 4armbands + 3shard + 2gloves + 5vuln + 4finesse + 3silvery = 5d6 + 31 damage
(and prone with unbalancing trick)
Kulkor Arms Master:
1d6 + 7dex + 3enh + 4armbands + 3shard + 2gloves + 5vuln + 4finesse + 3silvery = 1d6 + 31 damage

DPR would be .9(17.5+31)+.05(30+31+10.5)+.95(.9(3.5+31)+.05(6+31+10.5)) = 78.97 DPR

... whoah. Sorry, I'm not used to working with kulkor thieves, that's ridiculous. And that's trading some feats/background for leaping, otherwise most of those d6s would be d8s... So we've got a 79 DPR thief that can leap-charge from 18 squares away and miss only on a 1. DPR is slightly lower if you haven't hit them yet... but only slightly. Heck yeah bullywug! Leapfrog of death!

You don't have a viable MBA with your heavy blade.  You also have 2 arms slots items.

Godsdamnit, I didn't realize Internalize the Basic Kata only worked for your MUS. Melee Training it is - even with that and removing the extra ki weapon arms slot, the damage is still ok, and that's not including the extra no-action and off-turn attacks.

I might take another shot at this guy as a thief, but really I just wanted to give the guy something that used both his racial stats and fit well thematically.

As for the standing start Ogg-Mosh, you're right, I'd accidentally left off the Ghostfoot boon that gave the extra +5 and running start. Pretty ridiculous boon, that one, but it takes the place of the power bonus from Crane's Wings for charging to give you a full 45 acrobatics 9-square jump. Technically that stacks with Crane's Wings to give him an at-will jump 10, thank you! His charge is still 9, but that's enough to clear Large creatures between him and his target.