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, 16 June 2008
No Hiding Place Reaction: Before you target a Ranged Attack from one of your attacking cards: The Ranged Attack has -1 strength and may target a card even if it is in the Defender's home.
The Mantis's Strength Battle: Target one of your unbowed Mantis Clan Personalities: Ranged Attack with strength equal to his Chi, and +2 strength if he is a Magistrate.
Can I use No Hiding Place with The Mantis's Strength? Seems to me that the ranged Attack is produced by the performing personality but I'd like to have it confirmed.
Alex Jones (rules official), 16 June 2008
No Hiding Place Reaction: Before you target a Ranged Attack from one of your attacking cards: The Ranged Attack has -1 strength and may target a card even if it is in the Defender's home.
The Mantis's Strength Battle: Target one of your unbowed Mantis Clan Personalities: Ranged Attack with strength equal to his Chi, and +2 strength if he is a Magistrate.
Can I use No Hiding Place with The Mantis's Strength? Seems to me that the ranged Attack is produced by the performing personality but I'd like to have it confirmed.
From: "The source is the card that the effect, action or targeting is printed on, or the rulebook if it is printed there. ... Targeting and destruction by Ranged Attacks come from the card that created the Ranged Attack, not the rulebook."
The Ranged attack is "from" the Action card The Mantis' Strength, not the performing Personality.