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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Infiniti2000" data-source="post: 4416009" data-attributes="member: 31734">Step 4 doesn't apply for improved grab, though, does it?  I mean, how can you both step into your opponent's space and pull him into yours?As for the OP, you cannot release an opponent as a free action unless you are pinning them.  Or, rather, there's a specific rule allowing it for pinning and not one for not-pinning, so that's a fairly valid assumption.  There might be something that allows you to release an opponent as a free action if the opponent is also willing, but not in the core rules to my knowledge (I seem to recall reading it, though, perhaps in Rules of the Game).As for the DM, yeah, that's kind of annoying.  He wanted to disallow the bogus attack routine, but didn't know the real rules reason why.  In his defense, I'd be ticked off at you and your girlfriend for trying to slip one by on him without running it past him first.  Either not bringing up an obviously broken combo first, or worse, trying to justify it (falsely) during a game is inexcusable.PS. "Shifting grips" is a whole other topic, one which stirred up quite a ruckus.  I'd guess the consensus to be about 65-35 in favor of allowing it as a free action, but for the record I'm an ardent supporter of it being a move action (equivalent to drawing a weapon).  Bear in mind that this topic also branches quickly into a discussion of 'wielding' vs. 'holding'.</blockquote>