A topic from AEG's L5R CCG Rules forum, copied for Oracle of the Void from a copy of the forum saved in October 2015, so pages it didn't save are missing. Players' names are left out; the rules officials are named. Rulings are as they stood on these dates; later rulings, the rulebooks and the Rules Archive may differ.
A player, 4 January 2014
Targeting of Ranged/Melee/Fear seams to be mandatory by http://www.alderac.com/L5R_IE_AdvRulebook_web.pdf pages 33/36/39...
1. May I use the an Action like "Battle: Fear 3" if all opposing Personalities and Followers have 4 or higher force?
2. May I use the Battle Action of Maddened Horde if there is no opposition?