Dragon Age: Origins gameplay and discussion thread.

[Beskar]

Better yet, save before you buy the tome and then reload. That way you get the specialisation and keep the gold. Same applies for places where you need to make a decision you don't want in order to get it as a reward; save, make the choice and wait for the pop up box, reload.

I'm only missing two warrior specialisations now. I got all of the mage ones a while ago, and picked up the final rouge one last night.

I was going to test that, but I wasn't sure if you had to have it saved somewhere to be able to do it.