1) From what I hear (and from my own experience) you can taste/feel/smell etc. stuff in your dreams/lucid dreams. I myself had a dream where I was drinking coffee, although I don't drink that, haven't even tasted. I wasn't pleased to the taste. Later after waking up I realised that it had tasted like tea.

2) I'd say this can differ. But I would say that it would be what you expect. If you expect the person to be like he or she is, then she/he should be himself/herself.

3) Mirrors aren't "gateways to hell" or anything in dreams. If you think that you are going to look deformed and stuff in mirror, it happens. Expectations play a big part. You shouldn't be scared of something like this though, for it is only a dream, and nothing can harm you. But if you still want to avoid them, I'd say you should just not think about the whole thing.

4) This I don't know. This has been pondered in another thread somewhere in the site, sometime, but I don't think they came up with an answer. As for taste... well, I would say your mind picks up a taste that is close or reminds of the current food/drink you eat/drink. Like in my dream, when I drank coffee, it tasted like tea. I haven't tasted coffee, but I have tried tea. But I am not sure of this.

5) It is definitely easier to get more lucids once you crack the first one. And average... well, no idea, sorry.

6) It should feel like ice skating, and falling down, well... if you expect it to hurt...


Good luck with your lucid dreaming!