Animate Fire Breath (3.5e Creature Ability)

Animate Fire Breath
Summary::Level 3 ability of the Lava Dragon sphere

Lava dragons reach maturity by gaining the ability to give a semblance of life to their fiery exhalations for a short period of time. Some other creatures have also learned this ability.

Activating this ability requires a standard action. This creates a Medium fire elemental. This obeys the commands of its summoner, which must spend a swift action to give it orders. The elemental lasts for 10 minutes before disappearing.

While the elemental from this ability exists, all breath abilities for the creature that controls it become inactive and cannot be used.