Similar issues with my campaign. I have about 5 people who want to play, but can only play inconsistently.

The first night, we had 3 people, so 3 player characters. No problems so far. Next night, one player couldn't play, so we got another of our friends to join. But he was unable to create his own character and was simply assigned the character of the player who wasn't there.

It is a little frustrating and I wish there was a solution.

Loving the game, just wishing this issue could be resolved. Why they hell do you have so many slots in the wardrobe if you it can really only hold 3 characters?