In Core Set, for Power Feats that have a replace effect in parenthesis, e.g.
• "you may add 1d4 ([]1d6)([]1d8)"
• "discard a card ([]recharge a card)([]reload a card)"
Must you purchase these feats from left to right or can you purchase the most powerful upgrade first, if you gained your role card before upgrading the Power?
Example cases:
• Kess's Bouncer Role damage reduction power
• Hakon's Herald of the Horn Role Diplomacy power
• Valeros's Compatriot Role combat power
• Ezren's Wizened Explorer explore power
They must be purchased left-to-right as long as the parentheses are together. All your examples fit this. (p. 19 of the Core Set Rulebook.)
Sometimes a checkbox is added but is separate from other checkboxes in the power, like the Barrier add-on to Bouncer Kess's healing power. Those don't require you to take the others first. Herald of the Horn Hakon's Diplomacy power has one of these as well, added at the end.
Ah, thanks for that