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Version 0.5.0.12 available! The new version of Familiar has arrived! You can download version 0.5.0.12 at Home (Familiar). This revision contains some great new features. You can browse and add monsters from the D&D Compendium directly from within Familiar. Also, you can now copy and paste...

I will definitely consider using GitHub for hosting. Thanks for the tip. I'm hoping to have a mostly-done version of Familiar in the next 3-4 months, so that's around the time I'll figure out my hosting options.

Once the development phase is (mostly) finalized, I really would like to integrate this into a MapTool-like application. The prospect of porting the whole thing to Java seems daunting, but maybe there's another way we can collaborate. We really should form some sort of community developer...

No worries. Thanks for giving it a try. I will play around with the size of the program and see what I can do to make it fit at that resolution. Just put it on my list of things to do.

Thanks for your comment, Jools. Combat Tracker really is a great program, though I don't view it, or all the other trackers out there, as "competition". I'm not particularly interested in "capturing the market" with Familiar. The reason I started developing my own program was because there...

Thanks, filthgrinder! Let me know if you have any feedback regarding improvements or new features you'd like to see added.

Thanks, lexoanvil. Glad you find it useful for your game. Eventually, I do want to add custom monster functionality. At present, you can manually input basic stats for custom monsters, but you don't get a stat block. Thanks for the input. I will add it to my list of upcoming features.

New version available! Hi, all. Just thought I'd let you know that a new version of Familiar is available from the website: Home (Familiar). Please try it out and let me know what you think. Raj

Thanks, Garmorn! Glad you like Familiar. Let me know if there are any features in particular you'd like to see added to the program.

New version available! Hi, all. Just wanted to let everyone know there is a new version of Familiar available now on the website. It includes several new features (e.g. add damage/healing/temp hp to multiple targets from a burst or blast effect), several bug fixes and some nice aesthetic...

Hi, Garmorn. The monster's ID can be found in the URL of the stat block online. If you search for the monster in the Compendium and open it in a new tab or window you will see "id=" at the end of the URL. For example, http://www.wizards.com/dndinsider/compendium/monster.aspx?id=360 is the...

Thanks, Dave. And thanks also for the shout out on Twitter. I'm definitely empathetic to the Mac issue. I run an instance of Vista on my Mac using Parallels during our games. A Mac version would certainly be more convenient. Also, I think you will like the revisions to the program coming...

Mac/Linux versions are definitely part of the plan. Once the development phase is finished, I plan on porting Familiar over to those platforms. Maybe even an iPhone app one of these days. I guess it all depends on the feedback I get. Thanks for checking out my program!

Hi, all. I've been DMing a D&D game for over a year now and, as a result, have come up with a 4e combat tracking software package for DMs. It's called Familiar and is available here. Sorry to add to the glut of programs already out there, but I figured some of you may be interested in what...