What Edition for Drizzt?

Over at Cave of Chaos, I ran across a post pointing me to a video I might otherwise not have seen. It's part of a "Meet the Author" series from Northeastern University, this installment being devoted to R.A. Salvatore, whose claim to fame -- or infamy, depending on one's point of view -- is the creation of conflicted good guy drow, Drizzt Do'Urden.

Now, I expect a goodly percentage of the readers of this blog to loathe Drizzt and all that he represents and, honestly, I can't blame anyone who feels that way, because it's a feeling I share. But, after hearing his creator discuss, at 35:41 on this video, his preferences regarding roleplaying games and -- more importantly -- the reasons for his preferences, I can't deny that I feel a little warmer toward R.A. Salvatore than I ever expected I would.