Everlasting Music

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Everlasting Music
ReHe(An) 20
R: Touch, D: While (being carried), T: Individual
(Base 3, +1 Touch, +1 While, +1 Animal requisite, +1 complexity)
MoH p.124

What is this "While" duration that is the same cost as Concentration? At the very minimum it should be +2 and still require concentration. Probably more of a +3 as spell description hints at indefinite duration. I think they wanted some sort performance magic that does not require concentration.

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It's a duration from the Merinita mystery "Spell Timing" - see page 100 of HoH:MC:

While (condition) (duration):
The target must perform some activity, such as a musical performance or reading a book, or fulfill some common and temporary physical condition, such as sleeping or being drunk. As long as that condition lasts, the spell remains in effect. This is the same level as Concentration.

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