Bound

Much of the best equipment in TLBB is bind-on-equip or bind-on-pick-up.
==What Does it Mean for an Item to be Bound?==
If you possess a bound item, it can never be transferred to another character, by way of trade or loot. One can still lose bound items upon death (providing one has crime points), and the status of "bound" only brings extra security in the sense that malicious hackers would not wish to access your account to acquire such items, as they cannot be transferred.