What is more troubling is how lousy the Lizard Racial skill Fire Breath is unless you're a Lizard Wizard pumping INT.
What? Fire Breath is great, especially for a fighter. It sets a decent swath of ground on fire helping to control movement, can inflict burning, detonate barrels, etc.
I think it's a mistake to view it as a direct damage option. Both melee and magic types have better options for that. It does give melee types a bit of light control that can be situationally very helpful, which is all Im looking for out of a racial ability.