I've always found both the hero worshiping (for his combat prowess) and abject hatred of Drizzt (for being godly) strange. He doesn't do many things that are truly godly by the standards of fantasy writing. He mostly fights normal creatures with swords, axes, clubs. It's quite rare that he fights a powerful wizard, demon/devil , or dragon and when it does happen it is always a very narrow escape/victory usually brought about by aid from his allies and friends. He almost never participates in world shaking events. He's razed no cities, ended no empires, and has never overthrown a deity. He's a very good swordsman, but I find his personality and intellect far more interesting than his swordsmanship. I like his periodic lapses into melancholy, and I especially like that he truly is affected by the deaths (real or perceived) of his friends, allies and acquaintances. Too often in fantasy literature the deaths of people who are supposed to be major parts of the heroes life go unnoticed after a few seconds of mourning by the hero, only to have that mourning resurface miraculously in the epilogue cheapening those lives and deaths. Much of this is simply a factor of Salvatore being one of the few decent fantasy writers alive today. I mean to say that he is much more careful with his plots and the emotional state of his characters than most, and his talent for writing English sentences far surpasses most other fantasy writers (Terry Pratchet and Neil Gaiman excepted).
-Starcrunch