Tomes (Origins)

A list of tomes available in Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening.
In Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening, you can reset a character's build by using a Manual of Focus.
Tome 	Bonus	Location 	Vendor 	Availability 	Notes
Mortal Vessel 	 	Dalish Camp 	Varathorn 	After completing three main quests except Nature of the Beast 	Not available depending on choices made during Nature of the Beast.
Mortal Vessel 	 	Orzammar 	Legnar 	 	
Frozen Wastes 	 	N/A 	N/A 	One of the Dragon Age: Origins Collector's Edition bonus items	Automatically added to your inventory at the start of the game.
Skill And Sundry 	 	Dalish Camp 	Varathorn 	After completing three main quests except Nature of the Beast 	Not available depending on choices made during Nature of the Beast.
Skill And Sundry 	 	Elven Alienage 	Alarith 	After completing Unrest in the Alienage 	
Skill And Sundry 	 	Gentle Path 	Old Tegrin 	Random encounter 	Only has one, no matter how many times you run into him.
Skill And Sundry 	 	Apprentice Quarters	Sandal 	 	Accessible only in Witch Hunt DLC.
Formari Tome 	 	N/A 	N/A 	Comes with the pre-order item Memory Band 	Automatically added to your inventory at the start of the game.
Physical Technique 	 	Orzammar 	Garin 	 	
Physical Technique 	 	Camp 	Bodahn 	First and second visits to camp 	See Bodahn's article for how to obtain 2 of these.
Physical Technique 	 	Redcliffe Castle 	Bodahn 	After The Landsmeet 	
Arcane Technique 	 	Camp 	Bodahn 	First and second visits to camp 	See Bodahn's article for how to obtain 2 of these.
Arcane Technique 	 	Circle Tower 	Quartermaster 	 	
Arcane Technique 	 	Denerim Market 	Tranquil Proprietor	 	Wonders of Thedas Shop
Ethereal Suggestion	 	Redcliffe Castle 	Desire Demon 	Depending on Arl of Redcliffe choices. 	
== Notes ==
* You can lose access to Varathorn's tomes ("Mortal Vessel" and "Skill and Sundry") depending on the results of Nature of the Beast.
* You cannot use a tome in the Party Camp (for example, if you bought one from Bodahn Feddic) on any character other than the Warden. When you have a character selected that can use the tome, the tome will not be grayed out in your inventory, but the Use button will be grayed out. To fix this, leave the camp and make sure the character you want to give the tome to is in your party. When you are in a different location, you will be able to use the tome.
* You can get Bodahn's initial offering twice: immediately upon your initial camp visit and any subsequent visit (until The Landsmeet); see this article for details.
* Some pre-order versions of the game offered additional tomes. These are available in your main character's inventory when you start a new game. There were some issues for Dwarf Noble Origin characters losing the tomes; these can be resolved most easily by updating to the most recent version of the game.
== Bugs ==
* You can create leveling issues if you use the duplicate item exploit to create extra talent tomes, since you can end up with more talent points than there are talents. By level 20, all characters will choose at least 21 talents; there are only 40 base talents for rogues, 56 for warriors, and 68 for mages. Use caution as some talents are not available until reaching higher levels.
* Players report being unable to use either "Physical Technique" or "Arcane Technique", depending on which was most recently acquired. Work around this by using the one that works and then the other. Alternatively, sell to a store and buy back the one you want to use first.
* Some players report being unable to use a tome for its intended class. This can be fixed by either saving, reloading, then trying again, or by removing all other tomes out of inventory (temporarily selling the others to a vendor or storing them in the Party Storage Chest).
*When using Tomes, if you fill up the talents/skills you will be unable to complete the Level Up, resulting in you being stuck on selecting a Talent/Skill. The fix is to go back to the Attributes and selecting Auto-Level. If trying to reach 99 on a specific stat using the tomes takes a very long time. Although duplicating Mortal Vessel is the best, and quickest, option to further level your attributes once you've maxed out your skill tree, making leveling a stat even up to the far reaches of 99 a ridiculously easy task if it is simply hotkeyed to an action button, with no subsequent menu navigation necessary until cashing it in. (Confirmed on [Xbox})