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So in a recent errata and update, they brought the Hengeyokai out of Playtest. It still seems confusing though about the benefit for Nature's Mask in regards to being a hybrid of the animal and human forms.
You gain a movement benefit based on your form
For example, if you choose Cat for your animal form, you gain a climb speed equal to your speed.
So would you be getting the benefit only as the animal form or would you get it on hybrid form as well?
I'm the author of the "Ecology of the Hengeyokai" article. The movement benefits apply only when the hengeyokai is animal form. The hybrid form is indeed the hengeyokai's base form; it has to use its nature's mask power to assume animal or human form.
Just the animal form gains the movement benefit
Part of the Nature's Mask description includes this:
None of your game statistics change in human or hybrid form
Also earlier in the description, there is this part:
Speed: The creature’s speed increases to 7; it also gains a special mode of movement while in animal form (see the table below).
The only (rule) difference is that in human form you can comprehend but not speak with animal of your kind (see Language of the Beast).
From a background point of view, maybe the hengeyokai true form is the hybrid one, and the one they are most confident with. But this is only a personal speculation (I haven't thoroughly read the article).
