account bound items?
99% of the stuff in this game is account bound.
1% are soulbound and those are Exotic gear and lower tier gear items.
All customization, skins, shop items are account bound.
Not a dumb question at all
Once you’ve unlocked an item by equipping, destroying or mystic forging it, it will be in your account wardrobe where it can be applied to any character (subject to racial and armor weight limitations). You can see what is in your wardrobe by going to your bank and selecting the 3rd tab. It requires one transmutation charge per item to apply.
For something like the back item, you’ll need a back pack strap of some sort to apply it to if you do not already have a back item on that character.
Hope that helps!
The infinite gathering tools need to be swapped around from character to character. I think it is safe to say we wish they could be in the wardrobe or something, but how do we do it in fairness to those that bought multiple tools for multiple characters?