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Alright, tindertwigs say that lighting a fire with one is a standard action. A player in my game has started doing something where he had tindertwigs tied to smoke sticks, and attached to a belt with some rough sandpaper type stuff, so when he pulls it off his belt, it lights the tindertwig, and therefore the smoke stick. it's creative, but what kind of action is that. a move action to pull out the smoke stick, yes. but does it take a standard action to light it, considering the set-up? he usually spends a move action to pull it out, and then a free action to drop it at his feet like a smoke bomb. Your thoughts? He has thought about doing the same thing with fuse grenades.
feedback on this GM call would be helpful.
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I would probably rule it as a move-equivalent action (about as difficult to strike the match as it is to draw a weapon, or pull a scroll from a scroll case).
Therefore, they could load their special bundle into a Spring-Loaded Wrist Sheathe and spend a Swift action to retrieve it, a Move action to light it (with a free action to drop it) and still have their Standard action available for use.
Edit: Oh, hm. I just reread your post and noticed he has it set up on his belt with sand paper on the belt. I suppose that would be fine as you described it then. I'd also rule it that it is a full-round action if he ever wants to draw one of those contraptions without immediately lighting it.
RAW answer: lighting something with a tindertwig is at least a standard action.
Rule of Cool answer: It's creative, I would allow him to succeed with a DC 18 Sleight of Hand check. If he succeeds on the check, it's a move action, if he fails, it's a full-round action.
Well, I personally love creative solutions like that, and I would probably house rule it as a moveaction, the same as recovering something from your gear, which he does.
My 2 cp.