Nimble Shield Hand (Bastion) + Snagging Strike / Combat Grab

[TemplarsKnight]

Hello guys,

is it really possible, that you can use Snagging Strike / Combat Grab with a Steel Shield wrapped around your arm as soon you have the Nimble Shield Hand feat? I thought the hand counts free for action type Interact and not other combat actions.

Left Hand: Steel Shield
Right Hand: 1handed Weapon

I stumbled upon the point when reading the notice on Taondor's Fighter Handbook: Nimble Shield Hand - You can wield a shield and still use all those “dueling” feats that require a free hand.

Rule extract:

Snagging Strike / Combat Grab
Requirements: You have one hand free, and your target is within reach of that hand.

Nimble Shield Hand
You are so used to wielding a shield that you can do so even while using the hand that's holding it for other purposes. The hand you use to wield a shield counts as a free hand for the purposes of the Interact action. You can also hold another object in this hand (but you still can't use it to wield a weapon).

[HammerJack]

Nimble Shield Hand
You are so used to wielding a shield that you can do so even while using the hand that's holding it for other purposes. The hand you use to wield a shield counts as a free hand for the purposes of the Interact action. You can also hold another object in this hand (but you still can't use it to wield a weapon).

Note the bold section. Combat Grab, Snagging Strike and the like are not the Interact action. This does not work.

[Tarondor]

Oops!