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True confessions: The game was written to intentionally spurn the d20. Haha. But I have since softened on that conceit. 

I wrote a teens-piloting-mechas iteration called "Full Metal Jackals" that uses the d20 and  adds results in the 13-20 ranged suited to missions/combat when in the mecha.  In other iterations I have added a third category of "mission" or "combat" more generically. In those cases, 1-6 is the character, 7-12 the environment, and then 13-20  an optional list that comes into play when moving towards the scene's narrative goal (with some options for learning, progressing, etc.) or bringing in a predefined antagonist list (which makes writing monster stats a fun little exercise for "what can happen on a 13-20 with this or that monster?").  You just add the d20 to the list of MODIFIERS that tell you when to roll anything more than the traditional d8. 

Love talking shop so feel free to share any ideas.

When you put it that way, I'd say that I wouldn't necessarily add the d20, but I would indeed add the 3rd list of "narrative goals" or other special things. This means that when you got the dice on your side, you go beyond just like "I do my thing" toward "we all move the narrative". Maybe this 3rd list could totally be collective, not individual.

I really like the potential here!

Oh, for sure. I think in default cases both the Character and Environment lists were meant to provide EFFECTS that are at the level of the whole group and the narrative. So adding a third category allows a designer to make the Environment truly about the setting/milieu/location and a Goal list then about the narrative l.

(If someone did want a d20, an adventure writer could fill up a 13-20 list as a pretty tight way to provide options for each scene or act in the story—almost like a Set Goal in Trophy, if you’re familiar).