Dragon Heritage and Dragonblood Feats

[Hedgemage]

I've gotten a bit confused with the recent abundance of dragon-ish feats for sorcerors and such. Can anyone tell me what book(s) take precidence over previous ones for these type of feats. Between Complete Arcane, Draconomicon, Dragon Magic, Races of the Dragon, which order were they published? I'm needing to get a grip on what feat versions are the most current.

 

[boolean]

According to the WotC catalog:
Draconomicon: November 2003
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dndacc/176680000

Complete Arcane: November 2004
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dndacc/179250000

Races of the Dragon: January 2006
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dndacc/953690000

Dragon Magic: September 2006
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dndacc/953837200

 

[Hedgemage]

Thanks!

Next question:
The White Dragon Lineage [Draconic] feat has the following benefit:

As a swift action, you can expend an arcane spell slot to enter a state similar to that of a barbarian's rage. You gain temporary hit points and resistance to cold equal to 5X the spell's level. Unlike rage, this state doesn't restrict you from casting spells or performing any actions, though you can't activate the ability again while its already active. The effect lasts for a number of rounds equal to 1+ your Charisma bonus.

So my question is: do you get all the benefits of barbarian rage in addition to getting the temporary hit points and cold resistance, or get the effects listed above instead of the usual rage effects? Does this mean you get +2 hit points/level due to the +4 Con boost rage usually gives in addition to 5x(expended spell level) hit points?

So, if a 4th level sorcerer expends a 2nd level spell slot, does he get 18 temporary hit points?

 

[atomn]

I think it means you just get the abilities listed, not in addition to the abilities that come with a Barbarian's Rage. So in your example the 4th level sorcerer who sacrificed a 2nd level spell would just get 10 hp.

 

[Deset Gled]

Can anyone tell me what book(s) take precidence over previous ones for these type of feats.

Note that the "primary" source is always correct, unless an official errata says otherwise. IMO, this means that the earlier printings actually take precedent over the later printings. Exceptions to this would be would be cases like the Spell Compendium, which specify that the new book is errata. I don't know if the books that you have are called out contain such a clause.

 

[Hedgemage]

Also, after this special rage state ends, is the sorcerer fatigued like a barbarian after his rage?

 

[Darklone]

I don't think so.