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, 3 August 2007
Battle: Bow one of your target defending Personalities: Ranged Attack with strength equal to his Force or Chi. After the Combat Segment ends, straighten him.
I was told that I can legally target personalities from other battlefields or at home with this action. Is it really legal?
Zen Faulkes (rules official), 3 August 2007
Flanking Assault: I was told that I can legally target personalities from other battlefields or at home with this action.
You were misinformed. See Comprehensive Rules, Ranged Attack.