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Yes, there is a difference between the two classes abilities advancing independently of one another versus stacking together. Indeed, the heavy overlap of the abilities limits their utility.

Now let me throw in another wrinkle:

A crossblooded sorceror selects the draconic bloodline and a different bloodline as her two bloodlines (for the sake of example, Abyssal).

She then takes a level of bloodrager, and selects Abyssal as here bloodline. What happens when she takes a level of Dragon Disciple?

If a Bloodrager/Sorceror took a level of Dragon Disciple, would Dragon Disciple advance both the Bloodrager and the Sorceror Bloodline Powers?
To be more explicit, would a Bloodrager 4/Sorceror 1/Dragon Disciple 1 have the effective bloodline powers of a Bloodrager 5/Sorceror 2.

The FAQ answered the question definitively that Dragon Disciple advances the Bloodrager Draconic bloodline here: Advanced Class Guide FAQ

However the ruling did not explicitly state that both non-prestige class bloodlines are advanced.

Here is the relevant text from Dragon Disciple:
A dragon disciple adds his level to his sorcerer levels when determining the powers gained from his bloodline. If the dragon disciple does not have levels of sorcerer, he instead gains bloodline powers of the draconic bloodline, using his dragon disciple level as his sorcerer level to determine the bonuses gained. He must choose a dragon type upon gaining his first level in this class and that type must be the same as his sorcerer type. This ability does not grant bonus spells to a sorcerer unless he possesses spell slots of an appropriate level. Such bonus spells are automatically granted if the sorcerer gains spell slots of the spell's level.

3d6+4. it is a bonus to damage and doesn't stack with itself per the bonus stacking rules. Flaming, elemental fist, and similar mechanics are all lumped in to one damage roll, you should only get it once as far as I can tell

if you want to use your powers on yourself, Touch of Good is a spell like ability and can be quickened with the quicken spell-like abilty feat 3/day. it is treated as a first level spell since cleric gets the domain power at level 1. other domains (especially luck) benefit more from this feat if that is the direction you decide to go.

A jingasa of the fortunate soldier may be in order since your con is lower. luck bonus to AC isn't easy to find elsewhere either. if you are playing up much of the time, i would suggest that you buy con instead. you don't die when you run out of AC.

thanks for taking the time to respond to this longtime forum lurker everyone. I am considering playing an arcane duelist(bard)7/barbarianX character with the aforementioned feats/items and wanted to float the idea here to make sure I have not misunderstood how these items interact. I still have some questions about how items that increase a bonus stack (not with themselves according to the majority here) and if they themselves provide the bonus or modify it as written. Some of these questions fall outside the scope of this courageous weapon thread though and should be posted elsewhere I suppose.

As for feat/effect multipliers, you generally combine them in the manner which would be most advantageous for the caster of the effect. But, remember Courageous only affects the sword bearer, NOT the flagbearer.

I agree, unless the "sword bearer" is the courageous longspear wielding flag bearer with banner. by this logic, could we expect:

or perhaps you get the courageous weapon + to the doubling effect of the banner as well as it is effectively granting a morale bonus by its function (1+3)(2+3)= +20 morale bonus. sorry truestrike, you are not needed here... LOL

is this what you were referring to Aelryinth?

A defending weapon allows the wielder to transfer some or all of the weapon's enhancement bonus to his AC as a bonus that stacks with all others. As a free action, the wielder chooses how to allocate the weapon's enhancement bonus at the start of his turn before using the weapon, and the bonus to AC lasts until his next turn. This ability can only be placed on melee weapons.

If so, Should the same logic be applied here since it grants a bonus instead of increasing another bonus? I don't think it should, but perhaps i am missing something. anyone want to take a crack at how a courageous weapon interact with other items that increase a morale bonus?

flagbearer feat with Banner of the Ancient Kings (order of operation? stacking?) by one reading of this i could see gaining 8 morale to hit/damage from a +4 courageous/furious longspear while raging.

or how about the same +4 courageous/furious raging with
Amplified rage teamwork feat with a ring of tactical precision.

Thanks for the responses everyone. I suspect Aelryinth's example might be the ruling I have been looking for. I will have to look into the specific wording later tonight when I have more time.

The argument can be made that courageous isn't granting a bonus, but increasing one. Perhaps this interpretation is trying to slice it too fine. It boils down to this: Is an increase to a named bonus a bonus itself, even though it isn't called one? how does this interact with other items(non courageous weapons) and abilities that increase a morale bonus?

A few examples include courageous weapon and:
flagbearer feat with Banner of the Ancient Kings (order of operation?)
Amplified rage teamwork feat with a ring of tactical precision.

It definitely increases morale bonuses to STR/CON from rage.

I have a few questions about how it interacts with other items or abilities that increase a morale bonus. does the"any morale bonus the wielder gains from any other source is increased by half the weapon's enhancement bonus (minimum 1)." stack with itself? I have looked for some clarifications on how these "+x increase to bonus" items stack without much luck. The nature of these items is such that their sole function is to provide an increase to a bonus. I suspect most would agree that the increase to a bonus stacks with the bonus it modifies both by RAI and RAW. Is this increase itself a bonus? This clearly doesn't fall under the normal bonus stacking rules of only getting the highest bonus of a given type (outside of dodge, circumstance, etc.)

1. lets say a barbarian is dual wielding two +2 courageous weapons and rages. how much morale bonus to STR/CON should one expect from the weapon properties?

a. 1 morale bonus because the increase to morale bonus from courageous weapon doesn't stack with itself. (please provide citation or ruling)

b. 2 morale bonus: 1 from mainhand, 1 offhand

c. 4 morale bonus: 1 from mainhand, 1 offhand, then one from each "trigger" of the weapon property as they provide an increase to morale bonus.