Evil Tome

The item can be found at five different areas in act II being the Chantry, the Viscount's Keep, The Bone Bit, Sundermount, and The Wounded Coast. you have 3 options when found:

1. Destroy: (Gives you 750 xp, also if Merril is in your party, ) 2. Read: (Gives you 2 attribute points, however this option is only available the first time you do it. So the other 3 tomes will NOT give this option) 3. Take it: (Gives you a junk item worth about 80 silver.)

In any case it spawns 4-5 shades/abominations in the area you must fight. For more details about the item and its locations, see the related quest: Forbidden Knowledge