Strange object

The Strange object is an quest item used in the The Fremennik Trials. It may in fact be a cherry bomb. It is obtained from the council workman, an NPC near the bridge leading into Fremennik Province from the south.

Players must bring a beer from the inn in nearby Seers' Village (costing 2 coins), and right-click to use it on the workman. He will then give the strange object in return.

Players can use a tinderbox on it to make a lit strange object. The lit strange object explodes after about 90 seconds in the player's inventory, removing some hitpoints. Interestingly, it does not seem to explode if the player drops it on the ground, though like all objects it disappears after a minute.

The proper use for this item is to be put in the pipe by the Longhall in Rellekka to distract the people inside so the player can switch the normal beer for a low alcohol keg.

Trivia
The pause in the example info (after "thing", and before "on" may be a small reference to the Strong Bad e-mail "caffine" on the cartoon website Homestar Runner. Strong Bad claims that his science project is "the effects of gasoline. On fire.".