Yup, even as a baby you can't decide as you are already born into the world.

this is a ridiculous question... the answers easy... kill urself.. jk lol im not serious lol. avoid teh main quest.

I think it will probably be similar to Oblivion, you have to start the main quest for Oblivion gates to open. So you will have to start investigating the rise of Alduin or whatever before any dragons pop up.

Then buy a different game or mod yourself a new main quest.

Uh... no, not really. You can ignore the main quest in Oblivion just as effectively as in past titles.

Real answer. Buy on PC, mod game, freeze main quest permanently and remove any dialogue that refers to you as Dragonborn.

You don't have to be, but it helps accentuate the experience. But to be honest...come on man, why would you not want to be dragonborn? They can conjure dragon shouts using an exotic language, single handedly defeat even the most powerful dragons, and must go through 7000 epic steps to be trained by the most badass group of old guys Tamriel has ever seen. In short: A Dragonborn is the Bruce Lee of the lore: sounds, acts, looks, and fights in epic proportions.

In my opinion, if you aren't playing as the Dragonborn, you're not really playing to Skyrim's full potential. The same principle goes somewhat with Morrowind.

Hold the reins man, assume your role as Dragonborn. :toughninja:

Or pretend some other quest is the main quest.

"Yay! I collected five mushrooms for the Mage Guild Journeyman -- my life is complete!"

This.

Pshh! Saving the galaxy from a reaper invasion?! [censored] that. Sounds like work. I guess I'll not play Mass Effect.

I guess you could just ignore the main quest but... Seriously?

Because maybe thats not who his character is. Few of my characters will be Dragonborn, or go through the main quest.

Dont buy the game.

Roleplay. After the starter quest the game requires, denounce the mission given to you, pretend they have the wrong person, and roleplay that you are someone else. TES games are one of the only ones that actually allow this to a reasonable degree.

Not really you became the Nerevar by completing the prophecy.

Pretty much. LOL at the people saying "Dont buy it then."

Then Kill Esbern?

Forget why I said. This is the only way

I guess it depends if you're told you're dragonborn at the start of the game.It would be great if you're not, so you can decide.

Or you could always pretend that whoever tells you was wrong.

I kind of wish we had multiple options for the main quest. As much as this game is open-ended the story is actually very linear. You can decide how you're doing something but the end result is the same. However, the story in TES V is something I think I'm really going to embrace and get into.

What if I, Wildest of all eyes, wants to be the Dragonborn? Oh, wait. oo:

it depends on how the game plays. if they make my guy into some super mega uber killing machine then i wont do the main quest more than a couple of times. i hate games like that. ill go play assassins creed if i want to play a game where its impossible to die. if however the journey is a constant struggle and the dragons are very hard to kill (preferably only killable using those dragon shout thingies) then i wont mind it. some people like having their characters become practically invincible which just boggles my mind. :rolleyes: might as well just use god mode while your at it...........not much of a difference.

Don't worry, people. You don't have to be the Dragonborn. I'LL STOP THE DRAGONS ! :toughninja:

I'm a Dragonborn lady, and I'm proud of it! :flame:

Dont play?

Or just cover your ears and go "Lalalalalalalalala!" every time someone is talking to you.

if you don't want to be dragon born simply don't buy the game or don't make a character