Larian Studios Forums Divinity: Original Sin 2 Divinity - Original Sin 2 - Bugs & Technical Problems Instant level up NPC problem in GM mode

For whatever reason, possessing any npc below level 4 instantly levels them up to level 4. This is especially annoying considering I'm starting with level 1 - 3 encounters. I feel like somewhere, I have some total XP racked up and hidden away, which causes any npc i possess to instantly level up to that level. Problem is, I have no idea how to reduce this amount of XP so that any npc i possess doesn't level up. Also makes me wonder why as a GM I would get rewarded xp anyway.