You may choose to set up the game with two assistants instead of one. If you do this, alternate which assistant is resolved on each turn. When you take your actions, you may use the benefits and give extra actions to either assistant.

In a three-player game, only one Assistant is set up, bringing the number of characters in play to four players. The same Assistant is assigned to all players, so any player can resolve the Assistant. The Assistant will go first each round of play and spin the Wheel of Madness and resolve the Assistant actions before the players will go in player order. In this variant the Assistant cannot share resources with the players.