An NPC enters the DWI and posts a recruiting poster, or makes a speech, or generally gathers some people together. He then goes to one of the back rooms of the DWI and waits to see who follows him in to get a job. Some people may not be interested due to the "speech" description not being interesting, (city intrigue, dungeon crawl, political investigation). For the most part, it becomes, first come, first served as to who makes it into the back room. In general we are accommodating. I have run an adventure with seven characters just so someone was not left behind waiting for a couple months for the next game. Occasionally, the GM will declare one or two of the slots in a game is reserved for someone, usually because the adventure storyline contains elements from that character's background. I did that with Wreck Ashore, then the character went AWOL on me. <grumble grumble> Favored player/gm interactions are fine too. Reserving for a "group that works well together" is fine. So, the real answer is, it varies.
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