Oh no, not at all. Being a magician takes time and training, and most haven't the interest in such pursuits for what can ultimately be fickle work. An enchanter should have no trouble with employment, while an illusionist may have a much harder time making money. No one wants work from a mediocre illusionist. While someone may have the capacity to use magic, they might have a completely separate vocation, and instead utilize magic through glyphs like these as written by a glyphcrafter. For example:
[He takes that now-blank sheet from beneath his mug and draws three figures on it. While his illustrations of plants are precise and detailed, his humans could use some work.]
I told you about my uncles. Uncle Boris hadn't any magical ability [he taps on the figure on the far left, then moves to the one on the far right] while Uncle Benistad was a fabulously talented magician, completely capable -- if not better -- in multiple schools of magic. However, Uncle Benistad -- the schools in which he was gifted aside -- was also tragically lazy. Uncle Boris, while he could not activate even the most basic of glyphs, took a great interest in the craft and wrote many himself, and so if either of them needed magic that was out of his brother's purview, he would craft an appropriate glyph and let Benistad activate it. They both technically took part in the art of magic, even if one did no magic at all.
[He taps the central figure.]
My father, while not as talented as Benistad, had the capacity for magic, but no real interest in it. Uncle Boris crafted glyphs for him, as well: enchantments for his arrows, fire-starters, simple charms and the like. Anything he needed and could not buy from another glyphcrafter while out and about. He'd simply carry the glyphs with him and activate them as necessary, but no one would have called him a magician.
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[He takes that now-blank sheet from beneath his mug and draws three figures on it. While his illustrations of plants are precise and detailed, his humans could use some work.]
I told you about my uncles. Uncle Boris hadn't any magical ability [he taps on the figure on the far left, then moves to the one on the far right] while Uncle Benistad was a fabulously talented magician, completely capable -- if not better -- in multiple schools of magic. However, Uncle Benistad -- the schools in which he was gifted aside -- was also tragically lazy. Uncle Boris, while he could not activate even the most basic of glyphs, took a great interest in the craft and wrote many himself, and so if either of them needed magic that was out of his brother's purview, he would craft an appropriate glyph and let Benistad activate it. They both technically took part in the art of magic, even if one did no magic at all.
[He taps the central figure.]
My father, while not as talented as Benistad, had the capacity for magic, but no real interest in it. Uncle Boris crafted glyphs for him, as well: enchantments for his arrows, fire-starters, simple charms and the like. Anything he needed and could not buy from another glyphcrafter while out and about. He'd simply carry the glyphs with him and activate them as necessary, but no one would have called him a magician.