diff --git a/prawcore/__init__.py b/prawcore/__init__.py
index 9cc2f31..94d8593 100644
--- a/prawcore/__init__.py
+++ b/prawcore/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 """prawcore: Low-level communication layer for PRAW 4+."""
 
 import logging
-from .auth import Authenticator, Authorizer, ReadOnlyAuthorizer  # noqa
+from .auth import (Authenticator, Authorizer, ReadOnlyAuthorizer,  # noqa
+                   ScriptAuthorizer)
 from .const import __version__  # noqa
 from .exceptions import *  # noqa
 from .sessions import Session, session  # noqa
diff --git a/prawcore/auth.py b/prawcore/auth.py
index be16328..4366a49 100644
--- a/prawcore/auth.py
+++ b/prawcore/auth.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Provides Authentication and Authorization classes."""
 import time
 from . import const, util
-from .exceptions import InvalidInvocation, RequestException
+from .exceptions import InvalidInvocation, OAuthException, RequestException
 from requests.status_codes import codes
 
 
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ def _request_token(self, **data):
 
         payload = response.json()
 
+        if 'error' in payload:  # Why are these OKAY responses?
+            raise OAuthException(response, payload['error'],
+                                 payload.get('error_description'))
+
         self._expiration_timestamp = time.time() + payload['expires_in']
         self.access_token = payload['access_token']
         self.scopes = set(payload['scope'].split(' '))
@@ -79,3 +83,30 @@ class ReadOnlyAuthorizer(Authorizer):
     def refresh(self):
         """Obtain a new ReadOnly access token."""
         self._request_token(grant_type='client_credentials')
+
+
+class ScriptAuthorizer(Authorizer):
+    """Manages personal-use script type authorizations.
+
+    Only users who are listed as developers for the application will be
+    granted access tokens.
+
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, authenticator, username, password):
+        """Represent a single personal-use authorization to reddit's API.
+
+        :param authenticator: An instance of :class:`Authenticator`.
+        :param username: The reddit username of one of the application's
+            developers.
+        :param password: The password associated with ``username``.
+
+        """
+        super(ScriptAuthorizer, self).__init__(authenticator)
+        self._username = username
+        self._password = password
+
+    def refresh(self):
+        """Obtain a new personal-use script type access token."""
+        self._request_token(grant_type='password', username=self._username,
+                            password=self._password)
diff --git a/prawcore/exceptions.py b/prawcore/exceptions.py
index 17784ba..33677c9 100644
--- a/prawcore/exceptions.py
+++ b/prawcore/exceptions.py
@@ -23,6 +23,24 @@ def __init__(self, response):
                                                .format(response.status_code))
 
 
+class OAuthException(PrawcoreException):
+    """Indicate that there was an OAuth2 related error with the request."""
+
+    def __init__(self, response, error, description):
+        """OAuthException instances contain the failing response.
+
+        :param response: A requests.response instance.
+        :param error: The error type returned by reddit.
+        :param description: A description of the error when provided.
+
+        """
+        self.error = error
+        self.description = description
+        self.response = response
+        PrawcoreException.__init__(self, '{} error processing request ({})'
+                                   .format(error, description))
+
+
 class InsufficientScope(RequestException):
     """Indicate that the request requires a different scope."""