Armifer post from 2015:
>> Covetous Rebirth now produces Divine Outrage and will automatically count against your Forsaken status (just like Call from Beyond and Spiteful Rebirth) upon use.
http://forums.play.net/forums/DragonRealms/The%20Necromancers/Game%20Master%20and%20Official%20Announcements/view/122
Unless something intentionally changed between 2015 and now, this is not how CRE currently works. I cannot speak to the DO, but CRE does NOT count as a strike towards becoming Forsaken.
SRE + CRE + CRE = Unsullied
SRE + CRE + CRE + SRE = Forsaken
Feature? Bug?
- I