@Spoopy Scary If your character dies, I have no issues with existing players making a new character. That's no problem!
However, I'm keeping it one active character at a time so we can contact the reserve players if a spot opens up.
I'll chat with my partner in crime and see about if we'll keep steady with the current number of slots or eventually adjust them.
We're trying not to have to keep together a shambling amalgamation of sixteen players just as much as we are not trying to keep together a shambling amalgamation of sixteen characters. We want to keep the cast relatively small and if each player got a chance to get a secondary character it'd get a bit messy, we think. Plus, we have the reserve slots for a reason. If we want to expand the cast by one or two characters, we could give them a chance. Or, if one person drops out, they can step into that player's slot.