So, I've come up with a quick hack to make your dwarves seemingly more intelligent, a training weapons mod! I haven't tested this out yet, but here are the raws to copy paste into a new text file:
item_weapon_training
[OBJECT:ITEM]
[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_AXE_BLUNT]
[NAME:blunt axe:blunt axe]
[DAMAGE:30:SLASH]
[WEIGHT:80]
[SKILL:AXE]
[TWO_HANDED:5]
[MINIMUM_SIZE:5]
[MATERIAL_SIZE:4]
[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_HAMMER_PADDED]
[NAME:padded hammer:padded hammers]
[DAMAGE:40:BLUDGEON]
[WEIGHT:40]
[SKILL:HAMMER]
[TWO_HANDED:4]
[MINIMUM_SIZE:4]
[MATERIAL_SIZE:3]
[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_STICK]
[NAME:stick blade:stick blades]
[DAMAGE:20:BLUDGEON]
[WEIGHT:30]
[SKILL:SWORD]
[CRIT_BOOST:1]
[TWO_HANDED:4]
[MINIMUM_SIZE:4]
[CAN_STONE]
[MATERIAL_SIZE:3]
[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_STAFF]
[NAME:stave:staves]
[DAMAGE:20:BLUDGEON]
[WEIGHT:40]
[SKILL:SPEAR]
[CRIT_BOOST:2]
[TWO_HANDED:5]
[MINIMUM_SIZE:5]
[MATERIAL_SIZE:3]
[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_MACE_HOLLOW]
[NAME:hollow mace:hollow maces]
[DAMAGE:30:BLUDGEON]
[WEIGHT:40]
[SKILL:MACE]
[TWO_HANDED:4]
[MINIMUM_SIZE:4]
[MATERIAL_SIZE:3]
Also don't forget to add this to the entity files for your race.
[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_AXE_BLUNT]
[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_HAMMER_PADDED]
[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_STICK]
[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_STAFF]
[ITEM_WEAPON:ITEM_WEAPON_MACE_HOLLOW]
I hope this makes things a little easier, and I'm open to improvements on anything on this.